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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... 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 translation into English fol- lows : - 999 ...
... 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 translation into English fol- lows : - 999 ...
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... supposed to have been written about the year 1138 . About 1154 , according to Dr Johnson , the Saxon began to take a form in which the beginning of the present English may plainly be discovered . ' does not , as already hinted , contain ...
... supposed to have been written about the year 1138 . About 1154 , according to Dr Johnson , the Saxon began to take a form in which the beginning of the present English may plainly be discovered . ' does not , as already hinted , contain ...
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... supposed to have been written , at least in part , after 1297 . Ne young folk [ that ] feeble were , the while the voy- age y - last . So that Robert Curthose thitherward his heart cast , And , among other good knights , ne thought not ...
... supposed to have been written , at least in part , after 1297 . Ne young folk [ that ] feeble were , the while the voy- age y - last . So that Robert Curthose thitherward his heart cast , And , among other good knights , ne thought not ...
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... supposed son of Æneas of Troy , and who is described in those histories as the founder of the English state , was as much a hero of romance 3 Broke , destroyed . 2 Breadthways . 8 Taught him . 1 Went . 10 Went . 11 Many times . 13 Pagan ...
... supposed son of Æneas of Troy , and who is described in those histories as the founder of the English state , was as much a hero of romance 3 Broke , destroyed . 2 Breadthways . 8 Taught him . 1 Went . 10 Went . 11 Many times . 13 Pagan ...
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... supposed to have been certain collections of stories and histories compiled by the monks of the middle ages . Materials for the superstructure were readily found in an age when anecdotes and apologues were thought very necessary even to ...
... supposed to have been certain collections of stories and histories compiled by the monks of the middle ages . Materials for the superstructure were readily found in an age when anecdotes and apologues were thought very necessary even to ...
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