A Compendious History of English Literature, and of the English Language, from the Norman Conquest: With Numerous Specimens, Volume 2Charles Griffin & Company, 1871 - 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 plays to be " condemned by ancient heathens , and much less to be tolerated amongst professors of the Christian religion , " and denouncing them as being “ the occasion of many and sundry great vices and disorders , tending to ...
... common plays to be " condemned by ancient heathens , and much less to be tolerated amongst professors of the Christian religion , " and denouncing them as being “ the occasion of many and sundry great vices and disorders , tending to ...
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... common editions of Cleveland'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 Cleveland'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 his Brief Notes upon a Sermon preached by Dr. Grif- fith , called The Fear of God and the King , in the spring of 1660 , immediately before the king's return . Passages of great poetic splendor occur in some of ...
... Common- wealth , and his Brief Notes upon a Sermon preached by Dr. Grif- fith , called The Fear of God and the King , in the spring of 1660 , immediately before the king's return . Passages of great poetic splendor occur in some of ...
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A Compendious History of English Literature, and of the English Language ... George Lillie Craik No preview available - 2015 |
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