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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... Italy : it came in , at least , with the study and imitation of the Italian poetry , being caught apparently from the school of Petrarch , or rather of his later followers , about the same time that a higher inspiration was drawn from ...
... Italy : it came in , at least , with the study and imitation of the Italian poetry , being caught apparently from the school of Petrarch , or rather of his later followers , about the same time that a higher inspiration was drawn from ...
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... Italy , had already , in 1641 , lent the aid of his pen to the war of the Puritans against the established church by the publication of his treatise entitled Of Reformation , in Two Books . The same year Hall published his Humble ...
... Italy , had already , in 1641 , lent the aid of his pen to the war of the Puritans against the established church by the publication of his treatise entitled Of Reformation , in Two Books . The same year Hall published his Humble ...
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... Italy , where some of his juvenile Latin compositions , and some others in the same language , which , as he tells ... Italian is not forward to bestow on men of this side the Alps ; " and when assenting in so far to these commendations ...
... Italy , where some of his juvenile Latin compositions , and some others in the same language , which , as he tells ... Italian is not forward to bestow on men of this side the Alps ; " and when assenting in so far to these commendations ...
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... Italy , and those Hebrews of old , did for their country , I , in my proportion , with this over and above of being a Christian , might do for mine ; not caring to be once named abroad , though perhaps I could attain to that , but ...
... Italy , and those Hebrews of old , did for their country , I , in my proportion , with this over and above of being a Christian , might do for mine ; not caring to be once named abroad , though perhaps I could attain to that , but ...
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... Italy , his poetry probably acquired what it has of Italian in its character principally through the medium of the elder poets of his own country ; and it is , accordingly , still more English than Italian . Much of its inner spirit ...
... Italy , his poetry probably acquired what it has of Italian in its character principally through the medium of the elder poets of his own country ; and it is , accordingly , still more English than Italian . Much of its inner spirit ...
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