Sketch of English Literature with the Lives and Works of the Chief Authors |
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... early period , some of which continued the paraphrasing of the Old Testament Scriptures . Very few names of authors have come down to us ; but one name , that of Cynewulf has been preserved , owing to the author's habit of distributing ...
... early period , some of which continued the paraphrasing of the Old Testament Scriptures . Very few names of authors have come down to us ; but one name , that of Cynewulf has been preserved , owing to the author's habit of distributing ...
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... early comedies , early histories , and one great tragedy , " Romeo and Juliet . " To the second period ( 1596-1601 ) belong a group of brilliant comedies , and the two later histories , " Henry IV . " and " Henry V. " The third period ...
... early comedies , early histories , and one great tragedy , " Romeo and Juliet . " To the second period ( 1596-1601 ) belong a group of brilliant comedies , and the two later histories , " Henry IV . " and " Henry V. " The third period ...
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... early years of the nineteenth century were marked by the rapid growth of the periodical , and the work of the early essayists is inseparably connected with one or Early other of the great magazines which sprang into Work of existence ...
... early years of the nineteenth century were marked by the rapid growth of the periodical , and the work of the early essayists is inseparably connected with one or Early other of the great magazines which sprang into Work of existence ...
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