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... 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 Drayton ...
... 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 Drayton ...
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... manner in which they were to be appointed , the salaries they were to receive , and the branches of learning they were to teach . But no account of the British schools in particular has been preserved . It would appear , how- ever ...
... manner in which they were to be appointed , the salaries they were to receive , and the branches of learning they were to teach . But no account of the British schools in particular has been preserved . It would appear , how- ever ...
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... manner . Here too , as in everything else , the soul of the artistic is form ; -beauty of form . Now of that what has come down to us written in this primitive English is , at least for us of the present day , wholly or all but wholly ...
... manner . Here too , as in everything else , the soul of the artistic is form ; -beauty of form . Now of that what has come down to us written in this primitive English is , at least for us of the present day , wholly or all but wholly ...
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... manner as the Reformers generally were drawn to the study of the Greek language in maintaining the accordance of their doc- trines with those of the New Testament and of the first ages of Christianity , the English Reformers turned to ...
... manner as the Reformers generally were drawn to the study of the Greek language in maintaining the accordance of their doc- trines with those of the New Testament and of the first ages of Christianity , the English Reformers turned to ...
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... manner in which it is treated by Milton , who may very possibly , it has been thought , have looked into his predecessor's performance , unless we should rather suppose that a common ancient source may have supplied some hints to both ...
... manner in which it is treated by Milton , who may very possibly , it has been thought , have looked into his predecessor's performance , unless we should rather suppose that a common ancient source may have supplied some hints to both ...
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