A Compendious History of English Literature and of the English Language, from the Norman Conquest, Volume 1 |
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... mean an account of every- thing that has been written in the language . But neither is the literature of a language everything that has been written in it , nor would all that has been written in the language neces- sarily comprehend ...
... mean an account of every- thing that has been written in the language . But neither is the literature of a language everything that has been written in it , nor would all that has been written in the language neces- sarily comprehend ...
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... means of the Index than for straightforward perusal . The history of our literature , in so far as it is of universal interest , is all con- tained in the longer and fuller accounts ; -the space allotted to which , however , it will be ...
... means of the Index than for straightforward perusal . The history of our literature , in so far as it is of universal interest , is all con- tained in the longer and fuller accounts ; -the space allotted to which , however , it will be ...
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... means employed by their politic conquerors , as soon as they had fairly established themselves in the island , to rivet their dominion . A more efficacious they could not have devised ; and , happily , it was also the best fitted to ...
... means employed by their politic conquerors , as soon as they had fairly established themselves in the island , to rivet their dominion . A more efficacious they could not have devised ; and , happily , it was also the best fitted to ...
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... means of some title or general observation -- some- times , it must be confessed , forced and far - fetched enough- under which it is conceived that they may all be included . Of the Triads , some are moral , and others historical . The ...
... means of some title or general observation -- some- times , it must be confessed , forced and far - fetched enough- under which it is conceived that they may all be included . Of the Triads , some are moral , and others historical . The ...
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... means of calculating the diameters of the lunar and solar circles . Besides the fathers Austin , the two Gregories , Chrysostom , Basil , Epiphanius , Origen , Jerome , and Ambrosius , of whose works , with the Platonising Dionysius and ...
... means of calculating the diameters of the lunar and solar circles . Besides the fathers Austin , the two Gregories , Chrysostom , Basil , Epiphanius , Origen , Jerome , and Ambrosius , of whose works , with the Platonising Dionysius and ...
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