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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... presumed that particular description of the contents of popular books becomes 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.
... presumed that particular description of the contents of popular books becomes 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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... regard to a large number of authors and their writings . But , of a great many of these , all that is told amounts to very little ; and I may say , generally , that names of minor note , inserted only on account of circumstances marking ...
... regard to a large number of authors and their writings . But , of a great many of these , all that is told amounts to very little ; and I may say , generally , that names of minor note , inserted only on account of circumstances marking ...
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... regard to them produced most of those civil broils , in which our kings , our ciergy , our aristocracy , and our people , played parts , and engaged in combinations , so shifting and so perplexing . At length , under the dynasty of the ...
... regard to them produced most of those civil broils , in which our kings , our ciergy , our aristocracy , and our people , played parts , and engaged in combinations , so shifting and so perplexing . At length , under the dynasty of the ...
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... regard to all points , a power for every man to speak and write as he would ; it cannot but occur to us , that these are facts not more important in their bearing on the social and religious interests of the community , than on the ...
... regard to all points , a power for every man to speak and write as he would ; it cannot but occur to us , that these are facts not more important in their bearing on the social and religious interests of the community , than on the ...
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... regard to objects not lying directly within the province of letters . If we bear in mind such reflections as these , and if we qua- ify ourselves for applying them in particular instances by an exact acquaintance with the events of our ...
... regard to objects not lying directly within the province of letters . If we bear in mind such reflections as these , and if we qua- ify ourselves for applying them in particular instances by an exact acquaintance with the events of our ...
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