Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions of English Authors, from the Earliest to the Present Time, Connected by a Critical and Biographical History ...Robert Chambers Gould, Kendall and Lincoln, 1871 |
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... Cædmon was a genius of the class headed by Burns , a poet of nature's making , sprung from the bosom of the common people , and little indebted to education . It appears that he at one time acted in the capacity of a cow - herd . The ...
... Cædmon was a genius of the class headed by Burns , a poet of nature's making , sprung from the bosom of the common people , and little indebted to education . It appears that he at one time acted in the capacity of a cow - herd . The ...
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... Cædmon's turn to keep guard at the stable during the night , and , overcome with vexation , he quitted the table and retired to his post of duty , where , laying himself down , he fell into a sound slumber . In the midst of his sleep ...
... Cædmon's turn to keep guard at the stable during the night , and , overcome with vexation , he quitted the table and retired to his post of duty , where , laying himself down , he fell into a sound slumber . In the midst of his sleep ...
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