The History of English Literature: With an Outline of the Origin and Growth of the English LanguageD.Appleton & Company, 1862 - 413 Seiten |
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... fancy : and many of them de- liberately renounced the ambition of originality , to execute , for the good of their people , industrious translations from the classics , the fathers of the church , and the Holy Scriptures . Our ...
... fancy : and many of them de- liberately renounced the ambition of originality , to execute , for the good of their people , industrious translations from the classics , the fathers of the church , and the Holy Scriptures . Our ...
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... fancy , or to whet the barbaric thirst for blood . Some such poetry , the only kind that was known among their neighbours , they unquestionably had . Specimens of it have reached us ; but they are so few , and wear so little of a ...
... fancy , or to whet the barbaric thirst for blood . Some such poetry , the only kind that was known among their neighbours , they unquestionably had . Specimens of it have reached us ; but they are so few , and wear so little of a ...
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... were remembered when he awoke , and recited with a new - born confidence . The natural ebullition of untutored fancy was hailed as a miracle ; and Cædmon , receiving some education , was enrolled among ANGLO - SAXON POETRY . 43.
... were remembered when he awoke , and recited with a new - born confidence . The natural ebullition of untutored fancy was hailed as a miracle ; and Cædmon , receiving some education , was enrolled among ANGLO - SAXON POETRY . 43.
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... fancy , who might have been named as the author of a curious miscellany in Latin prose , and will come in our way immediately as a writer in another field . He was a favourite of Henry the Second , and promoted by him to the ...
... fancy , who might have been named as the author of a curious miscellany in Latin prose , and will come in our way immediately as a writer in another field . He was a favourite of Henry the Second , and promoted by him to the ...
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... fancy They are attended by a Yeoman , a master of forest - craft . After them in rank comes a Franklin or country - gentleman , who is a justice and has often been knight of the shire . The peasantry are represented by three men ; a ...
... fancy They are attended by a Yeoman , a master of forest - craft . After them in rank comes a Franklin or country - gentleman , who is a justice and has often been knight of the shire . The peasantry are represented by three men ; a ...
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