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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... Fortune not to be trusted .. 498 EDWARD YOUNG .. 555 Introduction to the Night Thoughts , PHILIP DODDRIDGE .. 499 the Value of Time , & c .. 556 Letter to a Female Friend . 500 Man's Resolutions to Reform ...... 559 Letter to his Wife ...
... Fortune not to be trusted .. 498 EDWARD YOUNG .. 555 Introduction to the Night Thoughts , PHILIP DODDRIDGE .. 499 the Value of Time , & c .. 556 Letter to a Female Friend . 500 Man's Resolutions to Reform ...... 559 Letter to his Wife ...
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... fortune fluctuated with theirs . To his courtly accomplishments he added much by foreign travel , having been com- missioned by the king in 1372 to attend to some important matters of state at Genoa . While in Italy he became acquainted ...
... fortune fluctuated with theirs . To his courtly accomplishments he added much by foreign travel , having been com- missioned by the king in 1372 to attend to some important matters of state at Genoa . While in Italy he became acquainted ...
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... fortunes of that nobleman , Chaucer also suffered , and was indeed imprisoned for a short time ; but on the return of the Duke of Lancaster from Spain , 1389 , he had once more a steady pro- tector , and on the accession of Henry IV ...
... fortunes of that nobleman , Chaucer also suffered , and was indeed imprisoned for a short time ; but on the return of the Duke of Lancaster from Spain , 1389 , he had once more a steady pro- tector , and on the accession of Henry IV ...
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... fortune to feel the influence . The object of his admiration was the lady Jane Beaufort , ( daughter of John Beaufort , duke of Somerset , ) whom he afterwards married , and in whose commendation he composed his principal poetical work ...
... fortune to feel the influence . The object of his admiration was the lady Jane Beaufort , ( daughter of John Beaufort , duke of Somerset , ) whom he afterwards married , and in whose commendation he composed his principal poetical work ...
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... fortune in this wise ; For which again ' distress comfort to seek , My custom was on mornis for to rise Early as day : O happy exercise ! By thee come I to joy out of torment ; - But now to purpose of my first intent . Bewailing in my ...
... fortune in this wise ; For which again ' distress comfort to seek , My custom was on mornis for to rise Early as day : O happy exercise ! By thee come I to joy out of torment ; - But now to purpose of my first intent . Bewailing in my ...
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