Sketch of English Literature with the Lives and Works of the Chief Authors |
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... large number of scholars from every European country . These , returning , taught the New Learning in their own Universities , and the invention of printing occurring about the same time , copies were made of the Greek MSS . , and the ...
... large number of scholars from every European country . These , returning , taught the New Learning in their own Universities , and the invention of printing occurring about the same time , copies were made of the Greek MSS . , and the ...
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... large number concern fashions , manners , whims of the day , some of the most famous being Fans , Patches , Head - dresses , London Cries , Practical Jokes , and Coffee - houses . A few are in the form of allegories and tales , such as ...
... large number concern fashions , manners , whims of the day , some of the most famous being Fans , Patches , Head - dresses , London Cries , Practical Jokes , and Coffee - houses . A few are in the form of allegories and tales , such as ...
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... large number of these ( 1s . each ) : Marlowe's " Faustus , " More's " Utopia , " Bacon's " Essays " and " New Atlantis , " Chapman's Homer , Walton's " Lives , ” Lamb's " Essays , " etc. " The The " National Library " Series ( Cassell ...
... large number of these ( 1s . each ) : Marlowe's " Faustus , " More's " Utopia , " Bacon's " Essays " and " New Atlantis , " Chapman's Homer , Walton's " Lives , ” Lamb's " Essays , " etc. " The The " National Library " Series ( Cassell ...
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