A Manual of English Literature, Historical and Critical: With an Appendix on English MetresLongman, Green, Longman, Roberts and Green, 1862 - 423 |
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... produced in England , that can be traced back with certainty to the times of Paganism . We must not look to the dwellers on the muddy Elbe , or the inhabitants of the grassy plains of Holstein , for the teeming imagination which ...
... produced in England , that can be traced back with certainty to the times of Paganism . We must not look to the dwellers on the muddy Elbe , or the inhabitants of the grassy plains of Holstein , for the teeming imagination which ...
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... produced valuable literary results there in the thirteenth century , cannot be understood except in connection with the general European movement of mind which ensued upon the consolidation of society following the long troubled night ...
... produced valuable literary results there in the thirteenth century , cannot be understood except in connection with the general European movement of mind which ensued upon the consolidation of society following the long troubled night ...
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... produced and maintained it ; -they might almost be regarded as two national colleges in an European uni- versity . Some of the great men who lectured at Oxford have been already noticed , but there is one , whose connec- tion with the ...
... produced and maintained it ; -they might almost be regarded as two national colleges in an European uni- versity . Some of the great men who lectured at Oxford have been already noticed , but there is one , whose connec- tion with the ...
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... produced were St. Albans , Malmesbury , Canterbury , and Peterborough . Besides the original works composed by monks at this period , we are indebted to their systematic diligence for the preservation of the ancient authors . Every ...
... produced were St. Albans , Malmesbury , Canterbury , and Peterborough . Besides the original works composed by monks at this period , we are indebted to their systematic diligence for the preservation of the ancient authors . Every ...
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... produced so many Latin chronicles for circulation among the clergy , gave birth also to French chronicles in verse for the enter- tainment of the laity . In verse , — because few laymen could read , and a history in rhyme was easier and ...
... produced so many Latin chronicles for circulation among the clergy , gave birth also to French chronicles in verse for the enter- tainment of the laity . In verse , — because few laymen could read , and a history in rhyme was easier and ...
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