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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... common . A new language and quite a new turn of tragic and comic interest came in with the Restoration . " * Of this writer , who survived till 1666 , the merits and defects have been well stated , in a few comprehensive words , by Mr ...
... common . A new language and quite a new turn of tragic and comic interest came in with the Restoration . " * Of this writer , who survived till 1666 , the merits and defects have been well stated , in a few comprehensive words , by Mr ...
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... common players , " by which the lord mayor , justices of the peace , and sheriffs of the city of London and Westminster , and of the counties of Middlesex and Surrey , were authorized and required to enter into all houses and other ...
... common players , " by which the lord mayor , justices of the peace , and sheriffs of the city of London and Westminster , and of the counties of Middlesex and Surrey , were authorized and required to enter into all houses and other ...
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... common editions of Cleve- land's works which are known not to be his . Thus , in the edition before us , 8vo . Lon . 1687 , what are entitled the Additions , from p . 200 to 265 , including A Lenten Litany , Content , A Sing - song on ...
... common editions of Cleve- land's works which are known not to be his . Thus , in the edition before us , 8vo . Lon . 1687 , what are entitled the Additions , from p . 200 to 265 , including A Lenten Litany , Content , A Sing - song on ...
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... common to the two , Browne rivals that writer both in the abundance of his poetic vein and the sweetness of his verse ; and the English of the one has nearly all the purity , perspicuity , and unfading freshness of style which is so ...
... common to the two , Browne rivals that writer both in the abundance of his poetic vein and the sweetness of his verse ; and the English of the one has nearly all the purity , perspicuity , and unfading freshness of style which is so ...
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... Common- wealth , and Brief Delineation of a Free Commonwealth , the same year ; and , finally , his Ready and Easy Way to establish a Free Commonwealth , and his Brief Notes upon a Sermon preached by Dr. Griffith , called The Fear of ...
... Common- wealth , and Brief Delineation of a Free Commonwealth , the same year ; and , finally , his Ready and Easy Way to establish a Free Commonwealth , and his Brief Notes upon a Sermon preached by Dr. Griffith , called The Fear of ...
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