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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... ENGLAND , COMMENCEMENT OF THE PRESENT FORM OF ENGLISH , SPECIMENS OF ANGLO - SAXON AND ENGLISH PREVIOUS το 1300 , Extract from the Saxon Chronicle , 1154 , Extract from the account of the Proceedings at Arthur's Coronation , given by ...
... ENGLAND , COMMENCEMENT OF THE PRESENT FORM OF ENGLISH , SPECIMENS OF ANGLO - SAXON AND ENGLISH PREVIOUS το 1300 , Extract from the Saxon Chronicle , 1154 , Extract from the account of the Proceedings at Arthur's Coronation , given by ...
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... ENGLAND , 638 Character of Charles II . , 489 The Czar Peter in England in 1698 , 490 Character of William III . , 491 JOHN DRYDEN , 492 Shakspeare , 493 Beaumont and Fletcher , 493 Ben Jonson , 493 Filth Period . REIGNS OF WILLIAM III ...
... ENGLAND , 638 Character of Charles II . , 489 The Czar Peter in England in 1698 , 490 Character of William III . , 491 JOHN DRYDEN , 492 Shakspeare , 493 Beaumont and Fletcher , 493 Ben Jonson , 493 Filth Period . REIGNS OF WILLIAM III ...
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... ENGLAND . The first literary productions. ANGLO - SAXON WRITERS . HE ENGLISH LANGUAGE is essentially a branch of the Teutonic , the language spo- ken by the inhabitants of central Eu- rope immedi- ately before the dawn of history , and ...
... ENGLAND . The first literary productions. ANGLO - SAXON WRITERS . HE ENGLISH LANGUAGE is essentially a branch of the Teutonic , the language spo- ken by the inhabitants of central Eu- rope immedi- ately before the dawn of history , and ...
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... England , many writers , and many books ; although , in the main , these have now become matter of curiosity to the antiquary only . The litera- ture may be said to have had a kind of protracted existence till the breaking up of the ...
... England , many writers , and many books ; although , in the main , these have now become matter of curiosity to the antiquary only . The litera- ture may be said to have had a kind of protracted existence till the breaking up of the ...
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... ENGLAND . The first literary productions which call for at tention after the Conquest , are a class which may be considered as in a great measure foreign to the country and its language . Before the invasion of England by William ...
... ENGLAND . The first literary productions which call for at tention after the Conquest , are a class which may be considered as in a great measure foreign to the country and its language . Before the invasion of England by William ...
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