Specimens of the Early English Poets, Volume 1Nicol, 1803 - 424 pages |
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George Ellis. OF THE Early English Poets , TO WHICH IS PREFIXED AN HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE ENGLISH POETRY AND LANGUAGE ; IN THREE VOLUMES . BY GEORGE ELLIS , ESQ . THE THIRD EDITION CORRECTED . VOL . I. LONDON ...
George Ellis. OF THE Early English Poets , TO WHICH IS PREFIXED AN HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE ENGLISH POETRY AND LANGUAGE ; IN THREE VOLUMES . BY GEORGE ELLIS , ESQ . THE THIRD EDITION CORRECTED . VOL . I. LONDON ...
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... English Poets of the twelfth , thirteenth , fourteenth , " fifteenth , and sixteenth centuries , with a short ac- " count of their Works . " It is said to be completed , and intended for immediate publication . [ This ac- curate ...
... English Poets of the twelfth , thirteenth , fourteenth , " fifteenth , and sixteenth centuries , with a short ac- " count of their Works . " It is said to be completed , and intended for immediate publication . [ This ac- curate ...
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... Cotton Library ; and who had the farther com- plaisance to supply the literal English version , as well as the learned notes with which it is accompanied . ADVERTISEMENT TO THE THIRD EDITION . NOTWITHSTANDING the care with [ vi ]
... Cotton Library ; and who had the farther com- plaisance to supply the literal English version , as well as the learned notes with which it is accompanied . ADVERTISEMENT TO THE THIRD EDITION . NOTWITHSTANDING the care with [ vi ]
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... of Wace.- Conjectures concerning the Period at which the Anglo - Norman or English Language began to be formed . - Early Specimen of English Poetry from Hickes's Thesaurus . VOL . I. C 60 CHAP . IV . Robert of Gloucester - Specimen .
... of Wace.- Conjectures concerning the Period at which the Anglo - Norman or English Language began to be formed . - Early Specimen of English Poetry from Hickes's Thesaurus . VOL . I. C 60 CHAP . IV . Robert of Gloucester - Specimen .
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... English Poetry . CHAP . XI . REIGN OF HENRY V. 249 Life of Lydgate - Character of his Writings- Specimen of his Troy Book , CHAP . XII . REIGN OF HENRY V. CONTINUED . 276 James I. King of Scotland - Extract from the King's Quair . 299 ...
... English Poetry . CHAP . XI . REIGN OF HENRY V. 249 Life of Lydgate - Character of his Writings- Specimen of his Troy Book , CHAP . XII . REIGN OF HENRY V. CONTINUED . 276 James I. King of Scotland - Extract from the King's Quair . 299 ...
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