Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions of English Authors, from Earliest to the Present Time : Connected by a Critical and Biographical HistoryRobert Chambers Gould, Kendall and Lincoln, 1850 |
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... seems to have spent a modest studious life , unche- quered by incident of any kind , at the monastery of Wearmouth , where he died in 735 . His works , consist- ing of Scriptural translations and commentaries , reli- gious treatises ...
... seems to have spent a modest studious life , unche- quered by incident of any kind , at the monastery of Wearmouth , where he died in 735 . His works , consist- ing of Scriptural translations and commentaries , reli- gious treatises ...
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... seems to prove that the pronunciation of our lan- guage had already undergone a considerable change . Indeed , the whole style of this composition , which is broken into a series of short unconnected sentences , and in which the ...
... seems to prove that the pronunciation of our lan- guage had already undergone a considerable change . Indeed , the whole style of this composition , which is broken into a series of short unconnected sentences , and in which the ...
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... seems to change his usual character , and becomes not only enter- taining , but even animated . ' * Of the language of Robert's Chronicle , the follow- ing is a specimen , in its original spelling : - * - Engelond ys a wel god lond ...
... seems to change his usual character , and becomes not only enter- taining , but even animated . ' * Of the language of Robert's Chronicle , the follow- ing is a specimen , in its original spelling : - * - Engelond ys a wel god lond ...
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... seems crous , and the richest vein of comic narrative and to have copied this design , as well as part of the delineation of character . He retained through life Florentine's freedom and licentiousness of detail ; There is a strong love ...
... seems crous , and the richest vein of comic narrative and to have copied this design , as well as part of the delineation of character . He retained through life Florentine's freedom and licentiousness of detail ; There is a strong love ...
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... seem to fancy themselves to be the more valuable on that account , and imagine that a respect is due to them for the ... seems to be a true notion of pleasure ) , yet they reckon that this does not arise from the thing itself , but from ...
... seem to fancy themselves to be the more valuable on that account , and imagine that a respect is due to them for the ... seems to be a true notion of pleasure ) , yet they reckon that this does not arise from the thing itself , but from ...
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Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions ... Robert Chambers Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1853 |
Cyclopædia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions ... Robert Chambers Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1848 |
Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions ... Robert Chambers Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1871 |
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