A History of English Literature in a Series of Biographical SketchesNelson, 1892 - 550 էջ |
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... lated these graphic pictures of old Celtic life , have never been produced . A narrative in verse , called the Albanic Duan , is thought to have been composed in the eleventh century . ( 15 ) LATIN AUTHORS AMONG THE CELTS . 17 In Wales ,
... lated these graphic pictures of old Celtic life , have never been produced . A narrative in verse , called the Albanic Duan , is thought to have been composed in the eleventh century . ( 15 ) LATIN AUTHORS AMONG THE CELTS . 17 In Wales ,
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... never do ; and when he saw his turn coming , he used to slip out of the room , blushing for his want of skill and eager to hide his shame . One night , having left the hall , he lay down to sleep in the stable ; and as he slept , he ...
... never do ; and when he saw his turn coming , he used to slip out of the room , blushing for his want of skill and eager to hide his shame . One night , having left the hall , he lay down to sleep in the stable ; and as he slept , he ...
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... never happier than when he was chatting and laughing unreservedly with men of thought . After a short visit to England ( 790-792 ) in the character of Imperial Envoy , Alcuin seems to have settled permanently in France . There his ...
... never happier than when he was chatting and laughing unreservedly with men of thought . After a short visit to England ( 790-792 ) in the character of Imperial Envoy , Alcuin seems to have settled permanently in France . There his ...
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... never have any literature worth speaking of . Some romances and chronicles , echoes of the lays sung by their Norman masters , were all that remained to show that the Saxon tongue was living . Yet living it was , with a wealth of life ...
... never have any literature worth speaking of . Some romances and chronicles , echoes of the lays sung by their Norman masters , were all that remained to show that the Saxon tongue was living . Yet living it was , with a wealth of life ...
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... never does the great Dr. Wycliffe , first scholar of his day and keenest logician of the Oxford halls , seem so truly great as when we trace his footsteps among the hovels of Lutterworth . A sorry place it would have seemed to a ...
... never does the great Dr. Wycliffe , first scholar of his day and keenest logician of the Oxford halls , seem so truly great as when we trace his footsteps among the hovels of Lutterworth . A sorry place it would have seemed to a ...
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