A Compendious History of English Literature and of the English Language, from the Norman Conquest, Volume 1 |
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... lived in the end of the first and the beginning of the second century , speaks , in one of his Satires , of eloquent Gaul instructing the pleaders of Britain . But even already forensic acquirements must have become very general in the ...
... lived in the end of the first and the beginning of the second century , speaks , in one of his Satires , of eloquent Gaul instructing the pleaders of Britain . But even already forensic acquirements must have become very general in the ...
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... lived in the latter part of the eleventh century ; but both his and the other annals profess , and are believed , to have been compiled from authentic records of much greater antiquity . They form undoubtedly a collection of materials ...
... lived in the latter part of the eleventh century ; but both his and the other annals profess , and are believed , to have been compiled from authentic records of much greater antiquity . They form undoubtedly a collection of materials ...
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... lived in the seventh century , but which is in fact a collection of sepa- rate Scriptural narratives , mostly paraphrased from the book of Genesis , possibly by various writers , and certainly of much later date . It was first published ...
... lived in the seventh century , but which is in fact a collection of sepa- rate Scriptural narratives , mostly paraphrased from the book of Genesis , possibly by various writers , and certainly of much later date . It was first published ...
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... lived only a few years after this date , which he spent in devotion and entire seclu- sion from the world . John of Salisbury then studied dialectics for two years under two other masters , one of whom was his countryman , Robert de ...
... lived only a few years after this date , which he spent in devotion and entire seclu- sion from the world . John of Salisbury then studied dialectics for two years under two other masters , one of whom was his countryman , Robert de ...
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... lived and wrote in the reigns of Henry II . and Richard I .: his death , according to Mr. Wright , " is supposed to have occurred towards the year 1210. " ( Introd . to Poems , p . vii . ) Bibliothèque Impériale at Paris , from which ...
... lived and wrote in the reigns of Henry II . and Richard I .: his death , according to Mr. Wright , " is supposed to have occurred towards the year 1210. " ( Introd . to Poems , p . vii . ) Bibliothèque Impériale at Paris , from which ...
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