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... English history into the last section . The other work is constructed quite frankly on the medieval model of the Nine Worthies . Chamberlayne's Pharonnida imitates the heroics and the variety of Arcadia but dissolves them into ...
... English history into the last section . The other work is constructed quite frankly on the medieval model of the Nine Worthies . Chamberlayne's Pharonnida imitates the heroics and the variety of Arcadia but dissolves them into ...
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... English navy , which at the crisis of 20-21 July triumphed over the wind and now had it in its favour . Medina ought to have known from Philip's instructions that he had leave to attack Drake if caught separate from the main body ...
... English navy , which at the crisis of 20-21 July triumphed over the wind and now had it in its favour . Medina ought to have known from Philip's instructions that he had leave to attack Drake if caught separate from the main body ...
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... English ships , the weather - gauge for which they struggled desper- ately and successfully , thereafter holding it with grim tenacity . The shifts of wind in favour of the Spaniards off Portland and the Isle of Wight were not promptly ...
... English ships , the weather - gauge for which they struggled desper- ately and successfully , thereafter holding it with grim tenacity . The shifts of wind in favour of the Spaniards off Portland and the Isle of Wight were not promptly ...
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THE ENGLISH EPIC TRADITION Warton Lecture on English Poetry | 35 |
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