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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... LITERATURE IN THE LATIN TONGUE . INTRODUCTION TO THE PERIOD . 1. Distribution of Races and Kingdoms . - 2 . Literary Character of the Times . - THE REGULAR LATIN LITERATURE . 3. Learning in the Eleventh Century -- Lanfranc - Anselm ...
... LITERATURE IN THE LATIN TONGUE . INTRODUCTION TO THE PERIOD . 1. Distribution of Races and Kingdoms . - 2 . Literary Character of the Times . - THE REGULAR LATIN LITERATURE . 3. Learning in the Eleventh Century -- Lanfranc - Anselm ...
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... Literature . The art of printing , invented a little earlier , be- came generally available as a means of enlightenment about the beginning of the sixteenth century . The Norman Conquest , which we take as the commencement of the Middle ...
... Literature . The art of printing , invented a little earlier , be- came generally available as a means of enlightenment about the beginning of the sixteenth century . The Norman Conquest , which we take as the commencement of the Middle ...
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... literature . At first , indeed , the native tongues being in their infancy , the Latin could not but be adopted for almost all literary works . Afterwards , when it had become needless , it was adhered to with such steadiness , that the ...
... literature . At first , indeed , the native tongues being in their infancy , the Latin could not but be adopted for almost all literary works . Afterwards , when it had become needless , it was adhered to with such steadiness , that the ...
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