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... Ancient Manners . 529 " " " " " " " " " " " Daniel : -Musophilus ; Defence of Poetry Instability of Opinion . 532 533 The Poet a world to himself 534 " " Nymphidia ; Queen of the Fairies 99 دو دو " " Epistle to Countess of Cumberland ...
... Ancient Manners . 529 " " " " " " " " " " " Daniel : -Musophilus ; Defence of Poetry Instability of Opinion . 532 533 The Poet a world to himself 534 " " Nymphidia ; Queen of the Fairies 99 دو دو " " Epistle to Countess of Cumberland ...
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... ancient Nennius only came down to the invasion of Julius Cæsar , and is now lost , although we probably have an abridgment of it in the British History ( Eulogium Britanniæ , sive Historia Britonum ) , published by Gale in his ...
... ancient Nennius only came down to the invasion of Julius Cæsar , and is now lost , although we probably have an abridgment of it in the British History ( Eulogium Britanniæ , sive Historia Britonum ) , published by Gale in his ...
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... ancient is Aldhelm , abbot of Malmesbury , and afterwards the first bishop of Sherborn , who died in 709. Aldhelm was of the stock of the kings of Wessex , and was initiated in Greek and Latin learning at the school in Kent presided ...
... ancient is Aldhelm , abbot of Malmesbury , and afterwards the first bishop of Sherborn , who died in 709. Aldhelm was of the stock of the kings of Wessex , and was initiated in Greek and Latin learning at the school in Kent presided ...
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... ancient Britons or from their descendants the Welsh , they are only single scattered words . No considerable department of the English dictionary is Welsh . No stream of words has flowed into the language from that source . The two ...
... ancient Britons or from their descendants the Welsh , they are only single scattered words . No considerable department of the English dictionary is Welsh . No stream of words has flowed into the language from that source . The two ...
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... ancient Irish literature that have come down to us are the various historical records in prose , called the Annals of Tigernach , of the Four Masters , of Ulster , and others . Portions of these were first published in the ori- ginal ...
... ancient Irish literature that have come down to us are the various historical records in prose , called the Annals of Tigernach , of the Four Masters , of Ulster , and others . Portions of these were first published in the ori- ginal ...
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