A History of English Literature in a Series of Biographical SketchesNelson, 1892 - 550 էջ |
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... poor herd , " and so I had to slink away out of the hall . " " Nay , " said the stranger , " but thou hast something to sing . " " What must I sing ? " " Sing the Creation , " replied the stranger ; upon which words of sweet music began ...
... poor herd , " and so I had to slink away out of the hall . " " Nay , " said the stranger , " but thou hast something to sing . " " What must I sing ? " " Sing the Creation , " replied the stranger ; upon which words of sweet music began ...
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... poor enough poetry . Theology , of course , was his prin- cipal study ; and on this theme he wrote much , pouring from his pen a host of Scriptural commentaries and treatises on knotty points of doctrine . As a teacher he ranks much ...
... poor enough poetry . Theology , of course , was his prin- cipal study ; and on this theme he wrote much , pouring from his pen a host of Scriptural commentaries and treatises on knotty points of doctrine . As a teacher he ranks much ...
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... poor degraded minstrels . MINSTRELSY . - The poetry of the Saxons was distinguished from their prose by a peculiar kind of alliteration . Metre or rhyme they had none . These attributes of English verse were imported from the Continent ...
... poor degraded minstrels . MINSTRELSY . - The poetry of the Saxons was distinguished from their prose by a peculiar kind of alliteration . Metre or rhyme they had none . These attributes of English verse were imported from the Continent ...
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... Poor Priests . Life at Lutterworth . His death . His bones burned . The English Bible . Character of his prose . Illustrative extract . * On a rocky point , overhanging the Tees in Yorkshire , a manor- house stood , in which once lived ...
... Poor Priests . Life at Lutterworth . His death . His bones burned . The English Bible . Character of his prose . Illustrative extract . * On a rocky point , overhanging the Tees in Yorkshire , a manor- house stood , in which once lived ...
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... poor country folk of their hard - earned groats . Such a one was the Pardoner of the " Canterbury Tales , " who sold clouts and pigs ' bones as holy relics , for money , ' wool , cheese , and wheat , swindling even the poorest widow out ...
... poor country folk of their hard - earned groats . Such a one was the Pardoner of the " Canterbury Tales , " who sold clouts and pigs ' bones as holy relics , for money , ' wool , cheese , and wheat , swindling even the poorest widow out ...
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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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