A History of English Literature in a Series of Biographical SketchesNelson, 1892 - 550 էջ |
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Արդյունքներ 63–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
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... began to exist . In the nine remaining Eras an entire chapter is devoted to each greatest name , writers of less mark being grouped together in a closing section . Short illustrative specimens , intended mainly to form the basis of ...
... began to exist . In the nine remaining Eras an entire chapter is devoted to each greatest name , writers of less mark being grouped together in a closing section . Short illustrative specimens , intended mainly to form the basis of ...
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... began to flow from the lips that had been sealed so long . Caedmon awoke , knew the words he had been reciting , and felt a new - born power in his breast . The mantle of song had fallen on him ; and when next day , before the Abbess ...
... began to flow from the lips that had been sealed so long . Caedmon awoke , knew the words he had been reciting , and felt a new - born power in his breast . The mantle of song had fallen on him ; and when next day , before the Abbess ...
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... began to circle round the hall . Mimicry and action accompanied the music and the song . And as the wine fumes mounted to the brain , and the wild torrent of melody drove their pulses into madder flow , the battle - day seemed to have ...
... began to circle round the hall . Mimicry and action accompanied the music and the song . And as the wine fumes mounted to the brain , and the wild torrent of melody drove their pulses into madder flow , the battle - day seemed to have ...
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... began to raise its diminished head and assert its native power , and then metrical romances were written in an English form . These first faltering steps of an infant lite- rature were nearly all translations from the French romances ...
... began to raise its diminished head and assert its native power , and then metrical romances were written in an English form . These first faltering steps of an infant lite- rature were nearly all translations from the French romances ...
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... began To riden out , he loved chevalrie , Trouthe and honoúr , fredom and curtesie . Ful worthy was he in his lordes werre , And therto hadde he ridden , no man ferre , As wel in Cristendom as in Hethenesse , And ever honoured for his ...
... began To riden out , he loved chevalrie , Trouthe and honoúr , fredom and curtesie . Ful worthy was he in his lordes werre , And therto hadde he ridden , no man ferre , As wel in Cristendom as in Hethenesse , And ever honoured for his ...
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A History of English Literature, in a Series of Biographical Sketches William Francis Collier Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1866 |
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A History of English Literature in a Series of Biographical Sketches William Francis Collier Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1893 |
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