Shaw's New History of English Literature: Prepared on the Basis of "Shaw's Manual"Sheldon & Company, 1877 - 404 páginas |
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... Reader . GREATLY ENLARGED . By Prof. BENJ . N. MARTIN , D.D. , L.H.D. , Professor in the University of the City 1 vol . 12mo . Price $ 1.50 . of New York . This book contains specimens from all the chief American writers . Espe- cially ...
... Reader . GREATLY ENLARGED . By Prof. BENJ . N. MARTIN , D.D. , L.H.D. , Professor in the University of the City 1 vol . 12mo . Price $ 1.50 . of New York . This book contains specimens from all the chief American writers . Espe- cially ...
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... Reader . Greatly Enlarged . By Prof. BENJ . N. MARTIN , D.D. , L.H.D. , Pro- fessor in the University of the City of New York . One volume , 12mo . Price $ 1.50 . Choice Specimens of English Literature , A Companion Volume to the New ...
... Reader . Greatly Enlarged . By Prof. BENJ . N. MARTIN , D.D. , L.H.D. , Pro- fessor in the University of the City of New York . One volume , 12mo . Price $ 1.50 . Choice Specimens of English Literature , A Companion Volume to the New ...
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... readers of the English language are the richest people that the sun shines . on . Their novelists paint the finest portraits of human character , their historians know the secrets of entrancing and philosophical narration , their ...
... readers of the English language are the richest people that the sun shines . on . Their novelists paint the finest portraits of human character , their historians know the secrets of entrancing and philosophical narration , their ...
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... readers , and so wielded potent influence over English thought and language . They displaced the English Glee- man , crowding him into the society of the humblest people . The character of a conquest determines its effect upon the ...
... readers , and so wielded potent influence over English thought and language . They displaced the English Glee- man , crowding him into the society of the humblest people . The character of a conquest determines its effect upon the ...
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... reader , of whatever speech he might be , was left with no excuse for marring the sound of the verse . A single couplet will illustrate : " Thiss boc iss nemmned Orrmulum , Forrthi that Orrm itt wrohhte . " This book is called Ormulum ...
... reader , of whatever speech he might be , was left with no excuse for marring the sound of the verse . A single couplet will illustrate : " Thiss boc iss nemmned Orrmulum , Forrthi that Orrm itt wrohhte . " This book is called Ormulum ...
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