A Manual of English Literature: And of the History of the English Language, from the Norman Conquest. With Numerous SpecimensGriffin, 1867 - 536 pagina's |
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Pagina 264
... writers . * Language has been called the costume of thought : it is such a costume as leaves are to the tree or blossoms to the flower , and grows out of what it adorns . Every great and original writer accordingly has distinguished ...
... writers . * Language has been called the costume of thought : it is such a costume as leaves are to the tree or blossoms to the flower , and grows out of what it adorns . Every great and original writer accordingly has distinguished ...
Pagina 343
... writer some years be- fore the Revolution ; but the greater number of his publications first appeared in the reign of William , and he may be reckoned * Biog . Dram . one of the best writers properly or principally belonging to ...
... writer some years be- fore the Revolution ; but the greater number of his publications first appeared in the reign of William , and he may be reckoned * Biog . Dram . one of the best writers properly or principally belonging to ...
Pagina 344
... writer both of prose and verse , cannot be called a divine ; he had in earlier life the reputation of being the finest writer of the day , but , although he lived till very nearly the end of the reign of Anne , he published nothing , we ...
... writer both of prose and verse , cannot be called a divine ; he had in earlier life the reputation of being the finest writer of the day , but , although he lived till very nearly the end of the reign of Anne , he published nothing , we ...
Inhoudsopgave
The Languages of Modern Europe | 1 |
The Celtic Languages and Literatures | 7 |
Original English commonly called Saxon or AngloSaxon | 15 |
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