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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... written in that which is really our mother - tongue . During the six hundred years of their independence , the na- tion made wonderful progress in the arts of life and thought . They learned much from the subdued Britons , not a little ...
... written in that which is really our mother - tongue . During the six hundred years of their independence , the na- tion made wonderful progress in the arts of life and thought . They learned much from the subdued Britons , not a little ...
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... written in the fine spirit of a poet , accompany the beautiful series of extracts in Thomas Campbell's " Specimens of the British Poets , " which first appeared in 1819 , and is now in one volume , 8vo . The early Literature of Scotland ...
... written in the fine spirit of a poet , accompany the beautiful series of extracts in Thomas Campbell's " Specimens of the British Poets , " which first appeared in 1819 , and is now in one volume , 8vo . The early Literature of Scotland ...
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... written in the language of the people , and authentic though meagre , from the fifth century or little later . No other nation of modern Europe is able to make a similar boast . Nor does it appear that the Scottish Celts can point to ...
... written in the language of the people , and authentic though meagre , from the fifth century or little later . No other nation of modern Europe is able to make a similar boast . Nor does it appear that the Scottish Celts can point to ...
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... written down . Further progress is difficult , if not impossible , until the preservation of literary works by writing has long given opportu- nity for the attentive and critical study of them . Such study leads to the next great step ...
... written down . Further progress is difficult , if not impossible , until the preservation of literary works by writing has long given opportu- nity for the attentive and critical study of them . Such study leads to the next great step ...
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... written by the venerable Ælfric , already named , and he , in the times of the Pro- testant Reformation , was appealed to as having in some of them combated the doctrines of the Church of Rome . He has be- queathed to us also more than ...
... written by the venerable Ælfric , already named , and he , in the times of the Pro- testant Reformation , was appealed to as having in some of them combated the doctrines of the Church of Rome . He has be- queathed to us also more than ...
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