A History of English Literature: The Middle Ages and the Renascence (650-1660)Macmillan, 1964 - 1469 pages |
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... became more and more Protestant . His last and most considerable poem , The Monarchie , is a history of the most famous kingdoms of the earth , beginning with Daniel's vision of the four beasts which became the empires of Babylon ...
... became more and more Protestant . His last and most considerable poem , The Monarchie , is a history of the most famous kingdoms of the earth , beginning with Daniel's vision of the four beasts which became the empires of Babylon ...
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... became Lord Derby in 1593 , and by the Lord Chamberlain , and which became the King's Company at the accession of James I , was a veritable institution . We find it playing at the Bull's Inn , at the Theatre , the Curtain , and the Rose ...
... became Lord Derby in 1593 , and by the Lord Chamberlain , and which became the King's Company at the accession of James I , was a veritable institution . We find it playing at the Bull's Inn , at the Theatre , the Curtain , and the Rose ...
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... became Roman Catholics , like the Benedictine historian Augustine Baker and Crashaw the poet . George Herbert ( 1593-1633 ) , known especially for his poem The Temple , left behind him only the few pages of prose which are his picture ...
... became Roman Catholics , like the Benedictine historian Augustine Baker and Crashaw the poet . George Herbert ( 1593-1633 ) , known especially for his poem The Temple , left behind him only the few pages of prose which are his picture ...
Contents
ANGLOSAXON LITERATURE 6501066 | 55 |
THE PREROMANTIC PERIOD 177098 | 98 |
BOOK III | 199 |
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