English Literature in Fact & Story: Being a Brief Account of Its Writers & Their Backgrounds, Matters Very Necessary to be Known by the Gentle Reader of Polite Letters. To which are Added for His Greater Edification Many Amusing & Famous Anecdotes and Much Other Illustrative Material with Maps, Charts, & PicturesCentury Company, 1929 - 505 pagina's |
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Pagina 82
... brought about by the Pope's refusal to declare his marriage to Catherine of Aragon invalid so that he could marry ... brought about the dis- solution of the monasteries . His confiscation of these religious en- dowments brought him ...
... brought about by the Pope's refusal to declare his marriage to Catherine of Aragon invalid so that he could marry ... brought about the dis- solution of the monasteries . His confiscation of these religious en- dowments brought him ...
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... brought before Judge Jeffreys , so that his trials were called the Bloody Assizes . When a son was born to James and it appeared that the next ruler of England would also be a Catholic , opposition increased , and finally in 1688 ...
... brought before Judge Jeffreys , so that his trials were called the Bloody Assizes . When a son was born to James and it appeared that the next ruler of England would also be a Catholic , opposition increased , and finally in 1688 ...
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... brought Goldsmith many annoyances , for Gar- rick , manager at Drury Lane , was unfriendly to him in spite of Reynolds's attempt at reconciliation , and Colman , manager at Covent Garden , had little faith in them . They were successful ...
... brought Goldsmith many annoyances , for Gar- rick , manager at Drury Lane , was unfriendly to him in spite of Reynolds's attempt at reconciliation , and Colman , manager at Covent Garden , had little faith in them . They were successful ...
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THE BACKGROUNDS OF ENGLISH LITERATURE | 3 |
INTRODUCTION | 11 |
Age of Prose In the South | 25 |
Copyright | |
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