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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... Merit - Its Language . - 8 . The Fifteenth Century - The King's Quair - Blind Harry the Minstrel - Brilliancy of Scottish Poetry late in the Century - Henryson - His Testament of Cressida - Gawain Doug- las - His Works . - 9 . William ...
... Merit - Its Language . - 8 . The Fifteenth Century - The King's Quair - Blind Harry the Minstrel - Brilliancy of Scottish Poetry late in the Century - Henryson - His Testament of Cressida - Gawain Doug- las - His Works . - 9 . William ...
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... merit , of the ancient metrical relics still extant in the Irish language . They consist of many Bardic Songs and Historical Legends . Some of these are as- serted to be much older than the ninth century , the close of which was the ...
... merit , of the ancient metrical relics still extant in the Irish language . They consist of many Bardic Songs and Historical Legends . Some of these are as- serted to be much older than the ninth century , the close of which was the ...
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... merit of studies pursued , with a success which , though imperfect , was beyond the standard of his age , by a man whose frame was racked by almost ceaseless pain ; a man , also , whom neither studious indus- try nor bodily torment ...
... merit of studies pursued , with a success which , though imperfect , was beyond the standard of his age , by a man whose frame was racked by almost ceaseless pain ; a man , also , whom neither studious indus- try nor bodily torment ...
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... merit ; but very many of them , still extant , are valuable or curious as records of facts . A considerable number of Chronicles were kept in the monasteries , furnishing , from one quarter or another , a series which extends through ...
... merit ; but very many of them , still extant , are valuable or curious as records of facts . A considerable number of Chronicles were kept in the monasteries , furnishing , from one quarter or another , a series which extends through ...
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... merit . It traverses the same ground as Wace's Chronicle , on which indeed it is founded in all its parts ; borrowing only a little from Bede , and a good deal from tra- ditional or other authorities of a fabulous kind . It is not a ...
... merit . It traverses the same ground as Wace's Chronicle , on which indeed it is founded in all its parts ; borrowing only a little from Bede , and a good deal from tra- ditional or other authorities of a fabulous kind . It is not a ...
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