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... language . " - New York Evangelist . " Mr. Cleveland , in this and in his former work , the ' Compendium of English Literature , ' prior to the 19th century , has had a higher aim than ordinary compilers . He has not chosen a few ...
... language . " - New York Evangelist . " Mr. Cleveland , in this and in his former work , the ' Compendium of English Literature , ' prior to the 19th century , has had a higher aim than ordinary compilers . He has not chosen a few ...
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... language , with short accounts of the authors and of their works , and such notes as would direct the reader to the best editions of the writers , to the various criticisms upon them , and to other books upon kindred subjects which ...
... language , with short accounts of the authors and of their works , and such notes as would direct the reader to the best editions of the writers , to the various criticisms upon them , and to other books upon kindred subjects which ...
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... language , therefore , is such as our ancestors used more than three centuries ago , and it is here given not only as a curiosity , but from the belief that it will be read with more satisfaction , and convey a much better idea of the ...
... language , therefore , is such as our ancestors used more than three centuries ago , and it is here given not only as a curiosity , but from the belief that it will be read with more satisfaction , and convey a much better idea of the ...
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... language . Why shoulden not Englishmen have the same in their mother language ? I cannot wit . No , but for falseness and negligence of clerks , either for our people is not worthy to have so great grace and gift of God , in pain of ...
... language . Why shoulden not Englishmen have the same in their mother language ? I cannot wit . No , but for falseness and negligence of clerks , either for our people is not worthy to have so great grace and gift of God , in pain of ...
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... language , he labored to reform its irregularities , and to establish an English style . In these respects he resembled Chaucer , but he has little of his spirit , imagination , or elegance . His language is tolerably perspicuous , and ...
... language , he labored to reform its irregularities , and to establish an English style . In these respects he resembled Chaucer , but he has little of his spirit , imagination , or elegance . His language is tolerably perspicuous , and ...
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