The History of English Literature: With an Outline of the Origin and Growth of the English LanguageD.Appleton & Company, 1862 - 413 páginas |
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... means of enlightenment about the beginning of the sixteenth century . The Norman Conquest , which we take as the commencement of the Middle Ages for England , introduced the country , by one mighty stride , into the circle of ...
... means of enlightenment about the beginning of the sixteenth century . The Norman Conquest , which we take as the commencement of the Middle Ages for England , introduced the country , by one mighty stride , into the circle of ...
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... means which are used for their communica- tion . But those intellectual pursuits , which do not ultimately aim at this highest of all purposes , have ministered indirectly towards its attainment . There has never , perhaps , been any ...
... means which are used for their communica- tion . But those intellectual pursuits , which do not ultimately aim at this highest of all purposes , have ministered indirectly towards its attainment . There has never , perhaps , been any ...
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... means . It is also to be remembered , that the classical learning of Alfred's age , such as it was , did not long survive its founder . In this respect , not less than in others , the last few generations of the Anglo - Saxon period ...
... means . It is also to be remembered , that the classical learning of Alfred's age , such as it was , did not long survive its founder . In this respect , not less than in others , the last few generations of the Anglo - Saxon period ...
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... means of their works , to im- prove the social condition of their country , and to ennoble the character and sentiments of their countrymen . The vernacular poetry , with very little exception , was not framed either by genealogical ...
... means of their works , to im- prove the social condition of their country , and to ennoble the character and sentiments of their countrymen . The vernacular poetry , with very little exception , was not framed either by genealogical ...
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... Lanfranc and Anselm . Both of them were brought by Duke William from his famous Abbey of Bec ; and , being raised in succession to the primacy , they not only prepared the means for diffusing 3 REGULAR LATIN LITERATURE . 49.
... Lanfranc and Anselm . Both of them were brought by Duke William from his famous Abbey of Bec ; and , being raised in succession to the primacy , they not only prepared the means for diffusing 3 REGULAR LATIN LITERATURE . 49.
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