Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions of English Authors, from Earliest to the Present Time : Connected by a Critical and Biographical HistoryRobert Chambers Gould, Kendall and Lincoln, 1850 - English literature |
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... ENGLAND , COMMENCEMENT OF THE PRESENT FORM OF ENGLISH , SPECIMENS OF ANGLO - SAXON AND ENGLISH PREVIOUS TO 1300 , • Extract from the Saxon Chronicle , 1154 , Extract from the account of the Proceedings at Arthur's Coronation , given by ...
... ENGLAND , COMMENCEMENT OF THE PRESENT FORM OF ENGLISH , SPECIMENS OF ANGLO - SAXON AND ENGLISH PREVIOUS TO 1300 , • Extract from the Saxon Chronicle , 1154 , Extract from the account of the Proceedings at Arthur's Coronation , given by ...
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... ENGLAND , 533 Character of Leighton , Bishop of Dumblane - His Death , 488 Character of Charles II . , 489 · The Czar Peter in England in 1698 , 490 Character of William III . , 491 JOHN DRYDEN , 492 Shakspeare , 493 Beaumont and ...
... ENGLAND , 533 Character of Leighton , Bishop of Dumblane - His Death , 488 Character of Charles II . , 489 · The Czar Peter in England in 1698 , 490 Character of William III . , 491 JOHN DRYDEN , 492 Shakspeare , 493 Beaumont and ...
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... England ; the Celtic , which had been the language of the aboriginal people , shrinking before it into Wales , Cornwall , and other remote parts of the island , as the Indian tongues are now retiring before the advance of the British ...
... England ; the Celtic , which had been the language of the aboriginal people , shrinking before it into Wales , Cornwall , and other remote parts of the island , as the Indian tongues are now retiring before the advance of the British ...
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... falls in the second line . A few names of inferior note - Aldhelm , abbot of * Thorpe's edition of Cadmon , 1832 . THE NORMAN POETS OF ENGLAND . The first literary productions 2 FROM EARLIEST TIMES TO 1400 . CYCLOPEDIA OF.
... falls in the second line . A few names of inferior note - Aldhelm , abbot of * Thorpe's edition of Cadmon , 1832 . THE NORMAN POETS OF ENGLAND . The first literary productions 2 FROM EARLIEST TIMES TO 1400 . CYCLOPEDIA OF.
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... England , many writers , and many books ; although , in the main , these have now become matter of curiosity to the antiquary only . The litera- ture may be said to have had a kind of protracted existence till the breaking up of the ...
... England , many writers , and many books ; although , in the main , these have now become matter of curiosity to the antiquary only . The litera- ture may be said to have had a kind of protracted existence till the breaking up of the ...
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