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... interest and value to the anti- Historians . quary in his research . Raphael Holinshed's Chronicle ( 1578 ) , which took the form of a general history of England , furnished material for many of Shakespeare's plays ; and it is ...
... interest and value to the anti- Historians . quary in his research . Raphael Holinshed's Chronicle ( 1578 ) , which took the form of a general history of England , furnished material for many of Shakespeare's plays ; and it is ...
Page 117
... in which he revived the interest in our great epic , points out its main defects to be want of human interest and paucity of human characters , and the too free use of minor episodes , which STUART LITERATURE TO THE RESTORATION 117.
... in which he revived the interest in our great epic , points out its main defects to be want of human interest and paucity of human characters , and the too free use of minor episodes , which STUART LITERATURE TO THE RESTORATION 117.
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... interest certain old parchments relating to the property of William Canynge , a merchant of Edward IV.'s reign , who had been a great bene- factor to the church . The boy had picked up some knowledge of heraldry , and he soon devised ...
... interest certain old parchments relating to the property of William Canynge , a merchant of Edward IV.'s reign , who had been a great bene- factor to the church . The boy had picked up some knowledge of heraldry , and he soon devised ...
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