Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions of English Authors, from Earliest to the Present Time : Connected by a Critical and Biographical HistoryRobert Chambers Gould, Kendall and Lincoln, 1850 - English literature |
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... Lost , and one passage in it might almost be supposed to have been the foundation of a corresponding one in Milton's sublime epic . It is that in which Satan is described as reviving from the consternation of his overthrow . A modern ...
... Lost , and one passage in it might almost be supposed to have been the foundation of a corresponding one in Milton's sublime epic . It is that in which Satan is described as reviving from the consternation of his overthrow . A modern ...
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... lost . Dr Johnson expresses his opinion , that the Normans affected the Anglo - Saxon more in this manner than by the introduction of new words . So great was the change , that the original Anglo - Saxon must . have become , in the ...
... lost . Dr Johnson expresses his opinion , that the Normans affected the Anglo - Saxon more in this manner than by the introduction of new words . So great was the change , that the original Anglo - Saxon must . have become , in the ...
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... Lost . 8 Gleamed with light . 5 Blow . 4 Took . 6 Defend . 7 Hurt . 8 Red coal . 7 Course . 3 Go . 4 Figured . 6 A drink of wine , honey , and spices . 8 Household . 9 Set . For he was late ycome fro his viage , And 10 FROM EARLIEST ...
... Lost . 8 Gleamed with light . 5 Blow . 4 Took . 6 Defend . 7 Hurt . 8 Red coal . 7 Course . 3 Go . 4 Figured . 6 A drink of wine , honey , and spices . 8 Household . 9 Set . For he was late ycome fro his viage , And 10 FROM EARLIEST ...
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... lost and all ago ; 9 Only the intellect , withouten more , That dwelled in his hearte sick and sore , ' Gan faillen when the hearte felte death ; Dusked his eyen two , and fail'd his breath : But on his lady yet cast he his eye ; His ...
... lost and all ago ; 9 Only the intellect , withouten more , That dwelled in his hearte sick and sore , ' Gan faillen when the hearte felte death ; Dusked his eyen two , and fail'd his breath : But on his lady yet cast he his eye ; His ...
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... lost in a new and fraternal national feeling , which recognised the country under the sole name of England , and the people and language under the single appellation of English . Edward III . substituted the use of English for that of ...
... lost in a new and fraternal national feeling , which recognised the country under the sole name of England , and the people and language under the single appellation of English . Edward III . substituted the use of English for that of ...
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