English Literature Considered as an Interpreter of English History ... Third EditionClaxton, Remsen&Haffelfinger, 1874 - 488 páginas |
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... charming country , already reclaimed from barbarism , to enslave or destroy the inhab- itants , and to introduce their language , religion , and social institutions . They came as a confederated people of German race - Saxons , Angles ...
... charming country , already reclaimed from barbarism , to enslave or destroy the inhab- itants , and to introduce their language , religion , and social institutions . They came as a confederated people of German race - Saxons , Angles ...
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... charm and popularity to every epic . CAEDMON . Next in order , we find the paraphrase of Scripture by Caedmon , a monk of Whitby , who died about the year 680. The period in which he lived is especially marked by the spread of ...
... charm and popularity to every epic . CAEDMON . Next in order , we find the paraphrase of Scripture by Caedmon , a monk of Whitby , who died about the year 680. The period in which he lived is especially marked by the spread of ...
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... charming , and is very truthful in its delineation of the men and manners of that age it was written for courtly characters , and not for the common people . The title of his work may be translated " Chronicles of France , England ...
... charming , and is very truthful in its delineation of the men and manners of that age it was written for courtly characters , and not for the common people . The title of his work may be translated " Chronicles of France , England ...
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... charming pictures of Nature . Witty and humorous , sententious and didactic , solemn and pathetic , he not only pleases the fancy , but touches the heart . - JOHN GOWER . Before entering upon the barren period from Chaucer to Spenser ...
... charming pictures of Nature . Witty and humorous , sententious and didactic , solemn and pathetic , he not only pleases the fancy , but touches the heart . - JOHN GOWER . Before entering upon the barren period from Chaucer to Spenser ...
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... charming , and also discloses his- toric pictures of great value . It is so attractive that the critic lingers unconsciously upon it . Spenser's tributes to the character of woman are original , beautiful , and just , and the fame of ...
... charming , and also discloses his- toric pictures of great value . It is so attractive that the critic lingers unconsciously upon it . Spenser's tributes to the character of woman are original , beautiful , and just , and the fame of ...
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