A Text-book on English Literature: With Copious Extracts from the Leading Authors, English and American, with Full Instructions as to the Method in which These are to be Studied, Adapted for Use in Colleges, High Schools and AcademiesClark & Maynard, 1882 - 478 páginas |
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... on arable and on pasture land , and customs at the ports , proscribed Druidism , abolished tattooing , made cremation general , quickened agriculture , and exported corn . By 420 A.D. , the Roman legions are Brief Historical Sketch.
... on arable and on pasture land , and customs at the ports , proscribed Druidism , abolished tattooing , made cremation general , quickened agriculture , and exported corn . By 420 A.D. , the Roman legions are Brief Historical Sketch.
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... Land was divided into marks , each occupied by a community of related families . In time , marks unite to form shires ( 32 in Ælfred's reign , 871-901 ) , each with its own organization legal , political , and religious . Shires ( now ...
... Land was divided into marks , each occupied by a community of related families . In time , marks unite to form shires ( 32 in Ælfred's reign , 871-901 ) , each with its own organization legal , political , and religious . Shires ( now ...
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... land now called Wales , and to Cornwall . It is well for those who study English literature to remember that in these two places the Britons remained as a distinct race with a distinct literature of their own , because the stories and ...
... land now called Wales , and to Cornwall . It is well for those who study English literature to remember that in these two places the Britons remained as a distinct race with a distinct literature of their own , because the stories and ...
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... land inhabit , the wolf's retreats , windy nesses , the dangerous fen - path , where the mountain - stream , under the nesses ' mists , downward flows , the flood under the earth . It is not far thence , a mile's distance , that the ...
... land inhabit , the wolf's retreats , windy nesses , the dangerous fen - path , where the mountain - stream , under the nesses ' mists , downward flows , the flood under the earth . It is not far thence , a mile's distance , that the ...
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... land , where he rules well for many years , till a Fire - drake , who guards a treas- ure , comes down to harry his people . The old king goes out then to fight his last fight , slays the dragon , but dies of its flaming breath , and ...
... land , where he rules well for many years , till a Fire - drake , who guards a treas- ure , comes down to harry his people . The old king goes out then to fight his last fight , slays the dragon , but dies of its flaming breath , and ...
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