A Manual of English LiteratureGood Press, 31 aug 2021 - 599 pagina's A Manual of English Literature is an insightful academic text written by Scottish author George Lillie Craik. The book offers a comprehensive overview of English literature, reflecting Craik's profound understanding of the subject and his ability to make complex literary concepts accessible to readers. |
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... least subjugated, revolutionized, and broken up) in the fifth and sixth centuries. Fourthly, there are the Slavonic tongues, of which the Russian and the Polish are the most distinguished. Fifthly, there are the Tschudic tongues, as ...
... least subjugated, revolutionized, and broken up) in the fifth and sixth centuries. Fourthly, there are the Slavonic tongues, of which the Russian and the Polish are the most distinguished. Fifthly, there are the Tschudic tongues, as ...
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... least of the towns, seem to have adopted generally the Latin language and applied themselves to the study of the Latin literature. The diffusion among them of this new taste was one of the first means employed by their politic ...
... least of the towns, seem to have adopted generally the Latin language and applied themselves to the study of the Latin literature. The diffusion among them of this new taste was one of the first means employed by their politic ...
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... least two early historical writers of that name. The author of a late ingenious work supposes that the true narrative of the ancient Nennius only came down to the invasion of Julius Cæsar, and is now lost, although we probably have an ...
... least two early historical writers of that name. The author of a late ingenious work supposes that the true narrative of the ancient Nennius only came down to the invasion of Julius Cæsar, and is now lost, although we probably have an ...
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... least be read to by some one. The royal charters, instead of the names of the kings, sometimes exhibit their marks, used, as it is frankly explained, in consequence of their ignorance of letters. The measures begun by Alfred for ...
... least be read to by some one. The royal charters, instead of the names of the kings, sometimes exhibit their marks, used, as it is frankly explained, in consequence of their ignorance of letters. The measures begun by Alfred for ...
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... least since the middle of the fifth century. It was then, as we have seen, that the first settlers by whom it was spoken established themselves in the country of which their descendants have ever since retained possession. Call them ...
... least since the middle of the fifth century. It was then, as we have seen, that the first settlers by whom it was spoken established themselves in the country of which their descendants have ever since retained possession. Call them ...
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Song of Canute 87 | |
Hugh Bigotts Boast 88 | |
THIRD ENGLISH | |
THE ELIZABETHAN LITERATURE | |
Eulogy on Jonson 290 | |
ENGLISH LITERATURE SINCE THE REVOLUTION OF 1688 | |
THE LATTER PART OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | |
Reflections on French Revolution Hereditary Principle 415 | |
The Vision part 449 | |
THE NINETEENTH CENTURY | |
Laodamia 469 | |
The Sultan Mahmoud 505 | |
Repressor Midsummer Eve 170 | |
MIDDLE AND LATTER PART OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY | |
Fairy Queen Belphœbe 234 | |
LITERATURE OF THE PRESENT | |
A Childs Grave at Florence 514 | |
INDEX | |
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A Manual of English Literature: And of the History of the ..., Volumes 1-2 George Lillie Craik Volledige weergave - 1874 |
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