A Compendious History of English Literature and of the English Language, from the Norman Conquest, Volume 1 |
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... Thomas Heywood Beaumont and Fletcher Ben Jonson Massinger ; Ford Later Elizabethan Prose Writers Authorized Version of the Bible Theological Writers : ―James I .; Bishop Andrews ; Donne ; Hall ; Hooker Francis Bacon · Burton's Anatomy ...
... Thomas Heywood Beaumont and Fletcher Ben Jonson Massinger ; Ford Later Elizabethan Prose Writers Authorized Version of the Bible Theological Writers : ―James I .; Bishop Andrews ; Donne ; Hall ; Hooker Francis Bacon · Burton's Anatomy ...
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... Thomas Stapleton ( 1565 ) , by John Stevens ( 1723 ) , and by W. Hurst ( 1814 ) . Stevens's translation , altered and corrected , was reproduced by Dr. Giles in 1840 , and again in 1842 ; and it is given also both in his edition of the ...
... Thomas Stapleton ( 1565 ) , by John Stevens ( 1723 ) , and by W. Hurst ( 1814 ) . Stevens's translation , altered and corrected , was reproduced by Dr. Giles in 1840 , and again in 1842 ; and it is given also both in his edition of the ...
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... Thomas Walsingham . This first edition of Asser is remarkable as exhibiting the Latin text in what are called Saxon characters . The second edition is in Camden's collec- tion ( Anglica , Normannica , & c . ) , fol . Frankfort , 1602 ...
... Thomas Walsingham . This first edition of Asser is remarkable as exhibiting the Latin text in what are called Saxon characters . The second edition is in Camden's collec- tion ( Anglica , Normannica , & c . ) , fol . Frankfort , 1602 ...
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... Thomas Phillipps . For further information respecting Elfric and his works the reader is referred to the account of him given by Mr. Wright in the first volume of the Biographia Britannica Literaria , pp . 480-494 . His Homilies , Mr ...
... Thomas Phillipps . For further information respecting Elfric and his works the reader is referred to the account of him given by Mr. Wright in the first volume of the Biographia Britannica Literaria , pp . 480-494 . His Homilies , Mr ...
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... Thomas à Becket received part of his education here . Several of the most eminent teachers were Englishmen . Among these may be par- ticularly mentioned Robert of Melun ( so called from having first taught in that city ) , and Robert ...
... Thomas à Becket received part of his education here . Several of the most eminent teachers were Englishmen . Among these may be par- ticularly mentioned Robert of Melun ( so called from having first taught in that city ) , and Robert ...
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