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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... given to the world till towards the close of the space we have just indicated . But Milton , and Taylor , and Sir Thomas Browne , and Cudworth , and Henry More , and Cowley , the most eminent of our English writers in the interval from ...
... given to the world till towards the close of the space we have just indicated . But Milton , and Taylor , and Sir Thomas Browne , and Cudworth , and Henry More , and Cowley , the most eminent of our English writers in the interval from ...
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... given an account of the old poet ; with whom , in the Dedication of his Collection to Dr. Percy ( the editor of the Reliques ) , he claims a relationship , stating at the same time that Percy's grand- mother by the father's side was a ...
... given an account of the old poet ; with whom , in the Dedication of his Collection to Dr. Percy ( the editor of the Reliques ) , he claims a relationship , stating at the same time that Percy's grand- mother by the father's side was a ...
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... given entire ; and in truth a good deal of it is more furious than forcible ; but we will transcribe the commencing portion , which contains the most effective passages : - How ! Providence ! and yet a Scottish crew ! Then Madame Nature ...
... given entire ; and in truth a good deal of it is more furious than forcible ; but we will transcribe the commencing portion , which contains the most effective passages : - How ! Providence ! and yet a Scottish crew ! Then Madame Nature ...
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... given by Ellis , - among the rest the passage of consummate beauty ( previously quoted by Gilchrist ) from his Shepherd's Hunting , published in 1615 , while he was confined in the Marshalsea , in which , breaking out into what we may ...
... given by Ellis , - among the rest the passage of consummate beauty ( previously quoted by Gilchrist ) from his Shepherd's Hunting , published in 1615 , while he was confined in the Marshalsea , in which , breaking out into what we may ...
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... given to the world within the period with which we are now engaged : - namely , his Tractate of Education , addressed to his friend Hartlib , and his noble Areopagitica , a Speech for the Lib- erty of Unlicensed Printing , in 1644 ; his ...
... given to the world within the period with which we are now engaged : - namely , his Tractate of Education , addressed to his friend Hartlib , and his noble Areopagitica , a Speech for the Lib- erty of Unlicensed Printing , in 1644 ; his ...
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