A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged from Sir John Mandeville to William Cowper : Consisting of Biographical Sketches of the Authors, Selections from Their Works, with Notes ... : Designed as a Text-book for the Highest Classes in Schools and for Junior Classes in Colleges, as Well as for Private ReadingE.C. & J. Biddle, 1852 - 776 pagina's |
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... better taste , than hundreds who have gleaned from the same rich field . Hence , while much , to the generality of readers , will be new , some extracts may also be found that will be familiar . But , like old friends , their re ...
... better taste , than hundreds who have gleaned from the same rich field . Hence , while much , to the generality of readers , will be new , some extracts may also be found that will be familiar . But , like old friends , their re ...
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... better as my experience in the use of the first edition , further reading and re- search , and the suggestions of many literary friends would enable me to do . Accordingly , the present stereotyped edition will be found to be ...
... better as my experience in the use of the first edition , further reading and re- search , and the suggestions of many literary friends would enable me to do . Accordingly , the present stereotyped edition will be found to be ...
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... better arranged . - THOMSON . " The Loves of the Birds , " " A Summer Scene , " " A Thunder - Shower , " " The Springs of Rivers , " and " A Man perishing in the Snows of Winter , " additional . - BOLINGBROKE . " The Use of History ...
... better arranged . - THOMSON . " The Loves of the Birds , " " A Summer Scene , " " A Thunder - Shower , " " The Springs of Rivers , " and " A Man perishing in the Snows of Winter , " additional . - BOLINGBROKE . " The Use of History ...
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... better to commence with the authors of Queen Anne's reign - say with Addison - and then , after having gone through the book , to go back to our earliest literature , beginning with Sir John Mandeville . Others , on the contrary , may ...
... better to commence with the authors of Queen Anne's reign - say with Addison - and then , after having gone through the book , to go back to our earliest literature , beginning with Sir John Mandeville . Others , on the contrary , may ...
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... better idea of the progress which the English language has since made , than if it were modernized . Before the art of printing was discovered , there was no settled method of spelling ; the same word therefore , will be found spelled ...
... better idea of the progress which the English language has since made , than if it were modernized . Before the art of printing was discovered , there was no settled method of spelling ; the same word therefore , will be found spelled ...
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