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... of that produced after what seems to us to have been the rising of the sun as we can look back upon ; thirdly , there is what belongs to our own day , and lies not behind us but rather before us or around us . Of the three vi PREFACE .
... of that produced after what seems to us to have been the rising of the sun as we can look back upon ; thirdly , there is what belongs to our own day , and lies not behind us but rather before us or around us . Of the three vi PREFACE .
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... seems to stand alone among the tongues not only of Europe but of the world . It is supposed to be a remnant of the ancient Iberian or original language of Spain . The order in which the five sets or classes of 4 ENGLISH LITERATURE AND ...
... seems to stand alone among the tongues not only of Europe but of the world . It is supposed to be a remnant of the ancient Iberian or original language of Spain . The order in which the five sets or classes of 4 ENGLISH LITERATURE AND ...
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... seems to have entertained strong prejudices against the Britons , speaks of Sylvius with the same animosity as of the rest of his countrymen . Of ecclesiastical writers in Latin belonging to the sixth century , the heresiarch Pelagius ...
... seems to have entertained strong prejudices against the Britons , speaks of Sylvius with the same animosity as of the rest of his countrymen . Of ecclesiastical writers in Latin belonging to the sixth century , the heresiarch Pelagius ...
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... seems to be tending the other way . The poems professing to be the most ancient are those ascribed to the four bards , Aneurin , Taliesin , Llywarch Hen , and Merdhin , or Merlin , the Cale- donian , who all appear to have belonged to ...
... seems to be tending the other way . The poems professing to be the most ancient are those ascribed to the four bards , Aneurin , Taliesin , Llywarch Hen , and Merdhin , or Merlin , the Cale- donian , who all appear to have belonged to ...
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... seems himself to have been half inclined to regard as to be justified only by the low state into which all learning had fallen among his countrymen in his time , and as likely per- haps to be rather of disservice than otherwise to the ...
... seems himself to have been half inclined to regard as to be justified only by the low state into which all learning had fallen among his countrymen in his time , and as likely per- haps to be rather of disservice than otherwise to the ...
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