A History of English Literature in a Series of Biographical SketchesNelson, 1892 - 550 էջ |
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... later writings , re- duced to their principal parts , or even to lines , the latter being the first step toward the formation of an alphabet . For instance , a combat is represented by two arms , one bearing a shield , the other a pike ...
... later writings , re- duced to their principal parts , or even to lines , the latter being the first step toward the formation of an alphabet . For instance , a combat is represented by two arms , one bearing a shield , the other a pike ...
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... later date than the earliest Irish ballads . The poems of Ossian- Fingal and Temora - which were published in 1762 and 1763 by James Macpherson , as translations from Gaelic manuscripts as old as the fourth century , are now generally ...
... later date than the earliest Irish ballads . The poems of Ossian- Fingal and Temora - which were published in 1762 and 1763 by James Macpherson , as translations from Gaelic manuscripts as old as the fourth century , are now generally ...
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... later the cloisters of Wearmouth were his home ; and within their quiet seclusion he wrote the great work , on which his title to the name Venerable is justly founded . In his fifty - ninth year he brought to a close his famous History ...
... later the cloisters of Wearmouth were his home ; and within their quiet seclusion he wrote the great work , on which his title to the name Venerable is justly founded . In his fifty - ninth year he brought to a close his famous History ...
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... later days recited sometimes their own compositions , but oftener the poems of others . And by no means ignoble was the occupation of these musical wanderers . When Alfred donned the minstrel's dress , he took a downward step , to be ...
... later days recited sometimes their own compositions , but oftener the poems of others . And by no means ignoble was the occupation of these musical wanderers . When Alfred donned the minstrel's dress , he took a downward step , to be ...
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... later stage than that of which we write , when the profession had fallen low in public esteem , it may yet serve to give us an idea of the kind of men who wandered from hall to hall , embalming in song those picturesque old histories of ...
... later stage than that of which we write , when the profession had fallen low in public esteem , it may yet serve to give us an idea of the kind of men who wandered from hall to hall , embalming in song those picturesque old histories of ...
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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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