A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John Mandeville to William Cowper : Consisting of Biographical Sketches of the Authors, Selections from Their Works, with Notes, Explanatory, Illustrative, and Directing to the Best Editions and to Various Criticisms : Designed as a Text-book for the Higher Classes in Schools and for Junior Classes in Colleges, as Well as for Private Reading |
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... called to him by name , and said , " Florent , you are riding to your death , but I can save you by my counsel . " He turned at once , and begged her to advise him what he should do . Said she , " What wilt thou give me , if I will ...
... called to him by name , and said , " Florent , you are riding to your death , but I can save you by my counsel . " He turned at once , and begged her to advise him what he should do . Said she , " What wilt thou give me , if I will ...
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... called Dioclesian , that well and worthily him governed and ruled thro ' his noble chivalry ; so that he conquered all the lands about him ; so that almost all the kings of the world to him were attendant . It befel thus that this ...
... called Dioclesian , that well and worthily him governed and ruled thro ' his noble chivalry ; so that he conquered all the lands about him ; so that almost all the kings of the world to him were attendant . It befel thus that this ...
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... called Albion , after mine own name . And anon , all her sisters granted to her with a good will . WILLIAM DUNBAR . 1465-1530 . WILLIAM DUNBAR is pronounced by Ellis , 4 to be " the greatest poet Scot land has produced . " His writings ...
... called Albion , after mine own name . And anon , all her sisters granted to her with a good will . WILLIAM DUNBAR . 1465-1530 . WILLIAM DUNBAR is pronounced by Ellis , 4 to be " the greatest poet Scot land has produced . " His writings ...
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... called Utopia . " It is a philosophical romance , in which More , after the manner of Plato , erects an imaginary republic , arranges society in a form entirely new , and endows it with institutions more likely , as he thought , to ...
... called Utopia . " It is a philosophical romance , in which More , after the manner of Plato , erects an imaginary republic , arranges society in a form entirely new , and endows it with institutions more likely , as he thought , to ...
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... called Greek , of which people should beware , since it was that which produced all the heresies : that in this language was come forth a book called the New Testament , which was now in everybody's hands , and was full of thorns and ...
... called Greek , of which people should beware , since it was that which produced all the heresies : that in this language was come forth a book called the New Testament , which was now in everybody's hands , and was full of thorns and ...
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