A Compendious History of English Literature and of the English Language, from the Norman Conquest: with Numerous Specimens, Volume 2Griffin, Bohn, 1861 - English language |
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... England before the Seventeenth Century 121 English Science in the Seventeenth Century . - Bacon ; Napier 128 Other English Mathematicians of the earlier part of the Seven- teenth Century Harvey ; -The Circulation of the Blood - Anatomy ...
... England before the Seventeenth Century 121 English Science in the Seventeenth Century . - Bacon ; Napier 128 Other English Mathematicians of the earlier part of the Seven- teenth Century Harvey ; -The Circulation of the Blood - Anatomy ...
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... and Progress of Religious Poetry , in the Church of England Quarterly Review for January , 1837 , No. I. pp . 171-229 . mostly in verse , as well as of a quantity 10 ENGLISH LITERATURE AND LANGUAGE . Cartwright; Randolph; Corbet.
... and Progress of Religious Poetry , in the Church of England Quarterly Review for January , 1837 , No. I. pp . 171-229 . mostly in verse , as well as of a quantity 10 ENGLISH LITERATURE AND LANGUAGE . Cartwright; Randolph; Corbet.
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... England ; I remember it when I was a freshman ; it was admirable curious Gothic architecture , and fine figures in the niches ; ' twas one of those built by King .... for his Queen ) . The ballad - singer complained he had no custom ...
... England ; I remember it when I was a freshman ; it was admirable curious Gothic architecture , and fine figures in the niches ; ' twas one of those built by King .... for his Queen ) . The ballad - singer complained he had no custom ...
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... England's throne ; Spirits whose double edge redeems The last age , and adorns your own ; What are you , now the Prince is gone ? As an obstructed fountain's head Cuts the entail off from the streams , And brooks are disinherited ...
... England's throne ; Spirits whose double edge redeems The last age , and adorns your own ; What are you , now the Prince is gone ? As an obstructed fountain's head Cuts the entail off from the streams , And brooks are disinherited ...
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... England hath wolves again . The Scot that kept the Tower might have shown , Within the grate of his own breast alone , 1 Red hair was in the worst repute formerly , and was attributed alike to Cain , to Judas , and to the devil . The ...
... England hath wolves again . The Scot that kept the Tower might have shown , Within the grate of his own breast alone , 1 Red hair was in the worst repute formerly , and was attributed alike to Cain , to Judas , and to the devil . The ...
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