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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... ancient Nennius only came down to the invasion of Julius Cæsar, and is now lost, although we probably have an abridgment of it in the British History (Eulogium Britanniæ, sive Historia Britonum), published by Gale in his Scriptores ...
... ancient Nennius only came down to the invasion of Julius Cæsar, and is now lost, although we probably have an abridgment of it in the British History (Eulogium Britanniæ, sive Historia Britonum), published by Gale in his Scriptores ...
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... ancient Britons or from their descendants the Welsh, they are only single scattered words. No considerable department of the English dictionary is Welsh. No stream of words has flowed into the language from that source. The two ...
... ancient Britons or from their descendants the Welsh, they are only single scattered words. No considerable department of the English dictionary is Welsh. No stream of words has flowed into the language from that source. The two ...
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... ancient classics. I begin the nourishment of some with the apples of grammatical subtlety. I strive to illuminate many by the arrangement of the stars, as from the painted roof of a lofty palace.” In plain language, his instructions ...
... ancient classics. I begin the nourishment of some with the apples of grammatical subtlety. I strive to illuminate many by the arrangement of the stars, as from the painted roof of a lofty palace.” In plain language, his instructions ...
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... ancient; for we can in no case get at the beginning of a language, any more than we can get at the beginning of a lineage. Each is merely the continuation of a preceding one, from which it cannot be separated in any case except by a ...
... ancient; for we can in no case get at the beginning of a language, any more than we can get at the beginning of a lineage. Each is merely the continuation of a preceding one, from which it cannot be separated in any case except by a ...
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... ancient monuments of Egypt. They can be read as the multiplication table can be read. But that is all. There may be nothing more in them than there is in the multiplication table; but if there were, we could not get at it. M ...
... ancient monuments of Egypt. They can be read as the multiplication table can be read. But that is all. There may be nothing more in them than there is in the multiplication table; but if there were, we could not get at it. M ...
Inhoudsopgave
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 English ..., Volume 2 George Lillie Craik Volledige weergave - 1874 |
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