Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions of English Authors, from the Earliest to the Present Time, Volume 1Gould and Lincoln, 1856 |
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... Reign , 250 Of Neglect , RAPHAEL HOLINSHED WILLIAM HARRISON - JOHN No Man can be Good to All , HOOKER - FRANCIS BOTEVILLE , 250 Meditation , The Languages of Britain , 250 PETER HEYLIN , RICHARD HAKLUYT , 251 The French , SAMUEL PURCHAS ...
... Reign , 250 Of Neglect , RAPHAEL HOLINSHED WILLIAM HARRISON - JOHN No Man can be Good to All , HOOKER - FRANCIS BOTEVILLE , 250 Meditation , The Languages of Britain , 250 PETER HEYLIN , RICHARD HAKLUYT , 251 The French , SAMUEL PURCHAS ...
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... reign of Henry II . Altogether , considering the general state of Western Europe in the middle ages , the literature of our Anglo - Saxon forefathers may be regarded as a creditable feature of our national history , and as something of ...
... reign of Henry II . Altogether , considering the general state of Western Europe in the middle ages , the literature of our Anglo - Saxon forefathers may be regarded as a creditable feature of our national history , and as something of ...
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... reign of Edward I. It is not to be expected that these specimens will be of much use to the reader , on account of the ideas which they convey ; but , con- sidered merely as objects , or as pictures , they will not be without their ...
... reign of Edward I. It is not to be expected that these specimens will be of much use to the reader , on account of the ideas which they convey ; but , con- sidered merely as objects , or as pictures , they will not be without their ...
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... reign of Edward I. , and throughout that of Edward II . He translated , under the name of a Handling of Sins , a French book , entitled Manuel des Pêches , the composition of William de Wadington , in which the seven deadly sins are ...
... reign of Edward I. , and throughout that of Edward II . He translated , under the name of a Handling of Sins , a French book , entitled Manuel des Pêches , the composition of William de Wadington , in which the seven deadly sins are ...
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... reign of Edward II . ( 1307-27 ) may be set down as the era of the earlier English metrical romances , or rather of the earlier English versions of such works from the French , for they were , almost without ex- ception , of that nature ...
... reign of Edward II . ( 1307-27 ) may be set down as the era of the earlier English metrical romances , or rather of the earlier English versions of such works from the French , for they were , almost without ex- ception , of that nature ...
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