Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and Biographical, of British and American Authors, with Specimens of Their Writings, Volumes 1-2Robert Chambers American Book Exchange, 1880 - American literature |
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... ( translator , 1387 ) . John Wycliffe ( 1324-1334 ) . 50 5 Alfred the Great ( with Extracts ) . Gospel of St. Mark ... Translation of " Vir- gil . " . Sir Thomas Wyatt ( 1503-1542 ) . The Lover's Lute .. The Re - cured Lover exulteth ...
... ( translator , 1387 ) . John Wycliffe ( 1324-1334 ) . 50 5 Alfred the Great ( with Extracts ) . Gospel of St. Mark ... Translation of " Vir- gil . " . Sir Thomas Wyatt ( 1503-1542 ) . The Lover's Lute .. The Re - cured Lover exulteth ...
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... Translations of the Bible . ... 177 Christopher Marlowe ( 1564-1593 ) , and Sir. SCOTTISH POETS . PAGE . James I. of Scotland ( 1394-1437 ) ...... 76 James I. , a Prisoner in Windsor , first sees Lady Jane Beaufort , who afterwards was ...
... Translations of the Bible . ... 177 Christopher Marlowe ( 1564-1593 ) , and Sir. SCOTTISH POETS . PAGE . James I. of Scotland ( 1394-1437 ) ...... 76 James I. , a Prisoner in Windsor , first sees Lady Jane Beaufort , who afterwards was ...
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... translated the historical works of Orosius and Bede , Boethius on the Consolations of Philosophy , and selections from the Soliloquies of St. Augustine ; and he wrote in the Anglo- Saxon language an account of the Laws of the West ...
... translated the historical works of Orosius and Bede , Boethius on the Consolations of Philosophy , and selections from the Soliloquies of St. Augustine ; and he wrote in the Anglo- Saxon language an account of the Laws of the West ...
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... translation of the Pastorals of St. Gregory . Referring to the decay of learning among the people , especially the religious orders , the king says : Swa clæne heo was othfeallen on Anglecynne , that feawa wæron behæonan Humbre the hira ...
... translation of the Pastorals of St. Gregory . Referring to the decay of learning among the people , especially the religious orders , the king says : Swa clæne heo was othfeallen on Anglecynne , that feawa wæron behæonan Humbre the hira ...
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... translator is said to be Maister WACE , a native of Jersey , who , about 1160 , rendered into verse the history by Geoffrey of Monmouth , in which the affairs of Britain were traced through a series of imaginary kings , beginning with ...
... translator is said to be Maister WACE , a native of Jersey , who , about 1160 , rendered into verse the history by Geoffrey of Monmouth , in which the affairs of Britain were traced through a series of imaginary kings , beginning with ...
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