A Biographical History of English Literature: Being an Elementary Introduction to the Greater English WritersW. & R.Chambers, 1879 |
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... written on the supposition that the books they discuss have been read by the young learners . This book is intended for beginners — as a first book . I have aimed chiefly at three things :1. To give a short life of the greatest writers ...
... written on the supposition that the books they discuss have been read by the young learners . This book is intended for beginners — as a first book . I have aimed chiefly at three things :1. To give a short life of the greatest writers ...
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... writing - in stories , songs , histories , and treatises . The history of the English people begins upon the continent of ... written down till long after ) a poem calledBeowulf . This poem belongs to the heathen period . Its author is ...
... writing - in stories , songs , histories , and treatises . The history of the English people begins upon the continent of ... written down till long after ) a poem calledBeowulf . This poem belongs to the heathen period . Its author is ...
Side 16
... written down from dictation by a monk of the eleventh century . It is , therefore , the oldest heroic poem extant in any Teutonic tongue . It consists of 6357 short lines , each with two accents . The only approach to rhyme in it is the ...
... written down from dictation by a monk of the eleventh century . It is , therefore , the oldest heroic poem extant in any Teutonic tongue . It consists of 6357 short lines , each with two accents . The only approach to rhyme in it is the ...
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... written in a language , which is really English , but which is more frequently called Saxon , and continental Saxon , to distinguish it from the English spoken and written in England , which is often , but unnecessarily , called Anglo ...
... written in a language , which is really English , but which is more frequently called Saxon , and continental Saxon , to distinguish it from the English spoken and written in England , which is often , but unnecessarily , called Anglo ...
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... written . It seems to have been begun in the ninth century ; and it has been brought down to the year 1154 , the year in which Henry II . succeeded to the throne . This Chronicle is said to have been established by King Ælfred ; and it ...
... written . It seems to have been begun in the ninth century ; and it has been brought down to the year 1154 , the year in which Henry II . succeeded to the throne . This Chronicle is said to have been established by King Ælfred ; and it ...
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