Historical Sketches of English and American Literature: Embracing an Account of the Principal Productions of the Most Distinguished Authors in Great Britain and the United States, from the Earliest to the Present Period ...Edward Hopkins, 1845 - 328 páginas |
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... prose - writer as Irving , and so ingenious a novelist as Cooper , might be supposed also to allow the metaphysical acumen of Edwards , the theological knowledge of Dwight , the poetic fancy of Bry- ant , or the philological skill of ...
... prose - writer as Irving , and so ingenious a novelist as Cooper , might be supposed also to allow the metaphysical acumen of Edwards , the theological knowledge of Dwight , the poetic fancy of Bry- ant , or the philological skill of ...
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... Prose Writers , The Commonwealth , and Reigns of Charles II . and James II . 1649 to 64 Historians , . 167 FOURTH PERIOD . Metaphysical Writers , 174 Writers in Divinity , 176 Miscellaneous Writers , 184 1689 . 76 SEVENTH PERIOD . Poets ...
... Prose Writers , The Commonwealth , and Reigns of Charles II . and James II . 1649 to 64 Historians , . 167 FOURTH PERIOD . Metaphysical Writers , 174 Writers in Divinity , 176 Miscellaneous Writers , 184 1689 . 76 SEVENTH PERIOD . Poets ...
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... prose ; and also Robert of Gloucester , whose English rhymes are quo- ted by Camden . Robert , however , is better known by his history of Merlin , and Arthur . These writers , who were rather pioneers of verse than poets , flourished ...
... prose ; and also Robert of Gloucester , whose English rhymes are quo- ted by Camden . Robert , however , is better known by his history of Merlin , and Arthur . These writers , who were rather pioneers of verse than poets , flourished ...
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... prose , which bears the general title of the Decameron . It is necessary to observe these things carefully , for English poetry was , in its origin , greatly affected by them . The impulse that was felt in England manifested itself in ...
... prose , which bears the general title of the Decameron . It is necessary to observe these things carefully , for English poetry was , in its origin , greatly affected by them . The impulse that was felt in England manifested itself in ...
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... prose , SIR JOHN MANDEVILLE , a celebrated tra- veller , and JOHN WICLIFFE , who distinguished himself by his attempts to reform religion . Mandeville travelled for thirty - four years preceding 1356 , in Eastern countries , and on his ...
... prose , SIR JOHN MANDEVILLE , a celebrated tra- veller , and JOHN WICLIFFE , who distinguished himself by his attempts to reform religion . Mandeville travelled for thirty - four years preceding 1356 , in Eastern countries , and on his ...
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