A Compendium of English Literature, chronologically arranged, from Sir John Mandeville to William Cowper ... Stereotype editionE. C. & J. Biddle, 1850 - 776 pages |
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Charles Dexter CLEVELAND. A COMPENDIUM OF ENGLISH LITERATURE , CHRONOLOGICALLY ARRANGED , FROM SIR JOHN MANDEVILLE TC WILLIAM COWPER . CONSISTING OF BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF THE AUTHORS , SELECTIONS FROM THEIR WORKS , WITH NOTES ...
Charles Dexter CLEVELAND. A COMPENDIUM OF ENGLISH LITERATURE , CHRONOLOGICALLY ARRANGED , FROM SIR JOHN MANDEVILLE TC WILLIAM COWPER . CONSISTING OF BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF THE AUTHORS , SELECTIONS FROM THEIR WORKS , WITH NOTES ...
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... English 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 ...
... English 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 ...
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... ENGLISH MINSTRELSY . The changing of the ballad of the " Demon Lover , " for the longer and far richer one of " Sir Patrick Spens , " every one must deem an improvement . - TRANS- LATION OF THE BIBLE . The account of the most important ...
... ENGLISH MINSTRELSY . The changing of the ballad of the " Demon Lover , " for the longer and far richer one of " Sir Patrick Spens , " every one must deem an improvement . - TRANS- LATION OF THE BIBLE . The account of the most important ...
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... ENGLISH MINSTRELSY . Account of the Minstrels . 107 154 154 109 109 SAMUEL DANIEL 155 Sir Patrick Spens Chevy Chase . 109 His History of the Civil Wars 155 112 Equanimity . 156 The Two Corbies .. 116 Richard the Second .. 157 QUEEN ...
... ENGLISH MINSTRELSY . Account of the Minstrels . 107 154 154 109 109 SAMUEL DANIEL 155 Sir Patrick Spens Chevy Chase . 109 His History of the Civil Wars 155 112 Equanimity . 156 The Two Corbies .. 116 Richard the Second .. 157 QUEEN ...
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