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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... thing apart , like the Irish or the Icelandic literature , and requires to be studied in connec- tion with the fossil remains of other extinct cognate lan- guages , such as the Old Saxon , the Mosogothic , and the Frisian . It is a ...
... thing apart , like the Irish or the Icelandic literature , and requires to be studied in connec- tion with the fossil remains of other extinct cognate lan- guages , such as the Old Saxon , the Mosogothic , and the Frisian . It is a ...
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... thing ; for without some degree of astro- nomical knowledge the calendar could not be computed , and the very church feasts could not be fixed to their proper dates . Moreover , the ignis fatuus of astrology — the delusive belief that ...
... thing ; for without some degree of astro- nomical knowledge the calendar could not be computed , and the very church feasts could not be fixed to their proper dates . Moreover , the ignis fatuus of astrology — the delusive belief that ...
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... things hold its ground . In poetry , the originality of the thought , the vigour and aptness of the expression , are what consti- tutes the charm ; we read it , not that we may learn about things , but that we may come in contact with ...
... things hold its ground . In poetry , the originality of the thought , the vigour and aptness of the expression , are what consti- tutes the charm ; we read it , not that we may learn about things , but that we may come in contact with ...
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... things . William Dunbar , the greatest of the old Scottish poets , was a native of East Lothian , and born about the middle of the fifteenth century . He studied at the university of St. Andrew's , perhaps also at Oxford . In early life ...
... things . William Dunbar , the greatest of the old Scottish poets , was a native of East Lothian , and born about the middle of the fifteenth century . He studied at the university of St. Andrew's , perhaps also at Oxford . In early life ...
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... thing is observable in Burns ' poetry . Learning - Grocyn , Colet , the Humanities ; State of the . Universities . The fifteenth century was , as we have said , pre- eminently an age of accumulation , assimilation , and preparation ...
... thing is observable in Burns ' poetry . Learning - Grocyn , Colet , the Humanities ; State of the . Universities . The fifteenth century was , as we have said , pre- eminently an age of accumulation , assimilation , and preparation ...
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