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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... less and less imperative . In the course of those Literary Chapters , some information is given in regard to a large number of authors and PREFACE . A.
... less and less imperative . In the course of those Literary Chapters , some information is given in regard to a large number of authors and PREFACE . A.
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... less out of place ; and where , also , they serve the double use of illustrating the progress of the language , and of relieving the philological text by contrast or by their poetical pictures . In the Third Part , the Extracts are sub ...
... less out of place ; and where , also , they serve the double use of illustrating the progress of the language , and of relieving the philological text by contrast or by their poetical pictures . In the Third Part , the Extracts are sub ...
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... less thorough- ly the standing of the church . Neither of these changes was unproductive of good in the state of society which then pre- vailed . But both of them were distasteful to our nation ; both of them rapidly became in reality ...
... less thorough- ly the standing of the church . Neither of these changes was unproductive of good in the state of society which then pre- vailed . But both of them were distasteful to our nation ; both of them rapidly became in reality ...
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... less agreeable to cite these often and thankfully , if the limits and purpose and small pretensions of the book did not make notes and references both inconvenient and needless . It must be enough to offer cordial acknowledgment , once ...
... less agreeable to cite these often and thankfully , if the limits and purpose and small pretensions of the book did not make notes and references both inconvenient and needless . It must be enough to offer cordial acknowledgment , once ...
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... long survive its founder . In this respect , not less than in others , the last few generations of the Anglo - Saxon period exhibit unequivocal symptoms of decay . CHAPTER II . THE ANGLO - SAXON TIMES A. D. 36 THE ANGLO - SAXON TIMES .
... long survive its founder . In this respect , not less than in others , the last few generations of the Anglo - Saxon period exhibit unequivocal symptoms of decay . CHAPTER II . THE ANGLO - SAXON TIMES A. D. 36 THE ANGLO - SAXON TIMES .
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