A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John Mandeville to William Cowper : Consisting of Biographical Sketches of the Authors, Selections from Their Works, with Notes, Explanatory, Illustrative, and Directing to the Best Editions and to Various Criticisms |
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... taste and judgment , and I cannot but regard this volume as a very valuable addition to our School Literature . The in- terest with which a young kinswoman , in whose hands I have placed it , is studying it , is an earnest of the ...
... taste and judgment , and I cannot but regard this volume as a very valuable addition to our School Literature . The in- terest with which a young kinswoman , in whose hands I have placed it , is studying it , is an earnest of the ...
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... taste and judgment , and evinces throughout so strict a regard for purity of morals . While its character is such as pre - eminently fits it for Colleges and High Schools , and the more advanced classes , both male and female , in all ...
... taste and judgment , and evinces throughout so strict a regard for purity of morals . While its character is such as pre - eminently fits it for Colleges and High Schools , and the more advanced classes , both male and female , in all ...
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... taste , enlarge the understanding , and improve the heart . In making selections for my work , I have not been prevented from insert- ing many pieces because they had previously been selected by others ; for I did not deem myself to be ...
... taste , enlarge the understanding , and improve the heart . In making selections for my work , I have not been prevented from insert- ing many pieces because they had previously been selected by others ; for I did not deem myself to be ...
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... taste , direct the judgment , and mould the opinions of thousands of the rising generation ; and I hope and pray that it may contain not one line , original or selected , which can have the least injurious effect upon a single mind ...
... taste , direct the judgment , and mould the opinions of thousands of the rising generation ; and I hope and pray that it may contain not one line , original or selected , which can have the least injurious effect upon a single mind ...
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... Taste . Conclusion 583 584 THOMAS GRAY .. The Progress of Poetry The Bard .. 585 .. 587 590 Elegy written in a Country Church- yard 596 On a distant Prospect of Eton College 599 Song Knowledge to be accommodated to the Purposes of Life ...
... Taste . Conclusion 583 584 THOMAS GRAY .. The Progress of Poetry The Bard .. 585 .. 587 590 Elegy written in a Country Church- yard 596 On a distant Prospect of Eton College 599 Song Knowledge to be accommodated to the Purposes of Life ...
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