Sketch of English Literature with the Lives and Works of the Chief Authors |
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... became King and ruled his people well . He died in a heroic effort to free his country from the devastations of a fiery dragon . The dragon was slain , but its poisonous breath killed the brave conqueror . The conversion of the Saxon ...
... became King and ruled his people well . He died in a heroic effort to free his country from the devastations of a fiery dragon . The dragon was slain , but its poisonous breath killed the brave conqueror . The conversion of the Saxon ...
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... became the language of the Court and of the ruling classes ; the Saxon nobles , when they wanted to find favour with authority , had to learn it ; the Bishops and higher clergy were nearly all chosen from the conquering race ; so that ...
... became the language of the Court and of the ruling classes ; the Saxon nobles , when they wanted to find favour with authority , had to learn it ; the Bishops and higher clergy were nearly all chosen from the conquering race ; so that ...
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... became the centre of the New Learning in England . Erasmus , the great Dutch scholar , who came to Oxford in 1498 to study Greek , speaks thus of the little band of kindred spirits who gathered around him there : " When I hear my friend ...
... became the centre of the New Learning in England . Erasmus , the great Dutch scholar , who came to Oxford in 1498 to study Greek , speaks thus of the little band of kindred spirits who gathered around him there : " When I hear my friend ...
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