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... composed about the same time , and by one author . That author was undoubtedly a Christian . If the conclusion above given as to the date of the poem be sound , the re- flection at once arises that the early part of the eighth century ...
... composed about the same time , and by one author . That author was undoubtedly a Christian . If the conclusion above given as to the date of the poem be sound , the re- flection at once arises that the early part of the eighth century ...
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... composed many verses concerning the terror of the judgment to come , and the fearfulness of the punishments of hell , and the sweetness of the heavenly king- dom ; besides a great many others on the loving - kindnesses and judgments of ...
... composed many verses concerning the terror of the judgment to come , and the fearfulness of the punishments of hell , and the sweetness of the heavenly king- dom ; besides a great many others on the loving - kindnesses and judgments of ...
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... composed , partly transcribed from earlier annals , by or under the direction of Archbishop Plegmund . From this time the Chronicle seems to have been continued under succeeding Archbishops of Canterbury to the time of the Conquest ...
... composed , partly transcribed from earlier annals , by or under the direction of Archbishop Plegmund . From this time the Chronicle seems to have been continued under succeeding Archbishops of Canterbury to the time of the Conquest ...
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... composed by an Anglo - Saxon upon the affairs of Britain , from the death of Beda to his own time . To form the future English character , it was necessary that the harder and sterner elements which belonged to the Scandinavian races ...
... composed by an Anglo - Saxon upon the affairs of Britain , from the death of Beda to his own time . To form the future English character , it was necessary that the harder and sterner elements which belonged to the Scandinavian races ...
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... composed in the monastery of Peterborough . It ends abruptly in the first year of the reign of Henry II . ( 1154 ) , the writer or writers being by that time probably unable to resist any longer the universal fashion of employing Latin ...
... composed in the monastery of Peterborough . It ends abruptly in the first year of the reign of Henry II . ( 1154 ) , the writer or writers being by that time probably unable to resist any longer the universal fashion of employing Latin ...
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Absalom and Achitophel admiration Æneid ancient appeared beautiful Beowulf Bishop blank verse Boccaccio called Canterbury Canterbury Tales century character Chaucer chief Christian chronicle Church clergy comedies composed court death Decameron divine drama Dryden edition England English Essay fabliau famous favour French friends genius Geoffrey of Monmouth Graal Henry Henry II heroic Holinshed Hudibras humour imitation John king knight language later Latin learning legend lines literary literature Lord metre Milton mind monk moral nature noble original Oxford Parliament party passage period Petrarch philosophy play plot poem poet poetical poetry political Pope printed prologue prose published Puritan Queen reign Richard rime Rolls series romance Saint satire Saxon says seems Shakspere Shakspere's society stanzas story style tale thou thought tion tragedies translation treatise Trouvères verse Walter Map Whig words writing written wrote
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