Biographia Britannica Literaria, Or, Biography of Literary Characters of Great Britain and Ireland, Arranged in Chronological Order: Anglo-Norman period |
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... WALTER SCOTT , BART . ROBERT SOUTHEY , ESQ . THE REV . GEORGE CRABBE , M.A. 1828 , to THE VENERABLE ARCHDEACON COXE . WM . ROSCOE , ESQ . LL.D. 1829 , to LE BARON ANTOINE ISAAC SILVESTRE de Sacy . 1830 , to WASHINGTON IRVING , ESQ ...
... WALTER SCOTT , BART . ROBERT SOUTHEY , ESQ . THE REV . GEORGE CRABBE , M.A. 1828 , to THE VENERABLE ARCHDEACON COXE . WM . ROSCOE , ESQ . LL.D. 1829 , to LE BARON ANTOINE ISAAC SILVESTRE de Sacy . 1830 , to WASHINGTON IRVING , ESQ ...
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... Walter Mapes , possesses a certain energy and sprightliness which is not without considerable attraction . This class of poetry became extremely popular , and continued to exist in its original vigour long after the style of the more ...
... Walter Mapes , possesses a certain energy and sprightliness which is not without considerable attraction . This class of poetry became extremely popular , and continued to exist in its original vigour long after the style of the more ...
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Thomas Wright. The only known English writers of Anglo - Norman prose are Walter Mapes , Robert de Borron , and Luces de Gast , the authors of some of the most popular romances of the cycle of the Round Table . An example of Mapes's ...
Thomas Wright. The only known English writers of Anglo - Norman prose are Walter Mapes , Robert de Borron , and Luces de Gast , the authors of some of the most popular romances of the cycle of the Round Table . An example of Mapes's ...
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... Walter Mapes informs us that Guiscard was a man of wealth , distinguished for his valour ; that in his old age he had surren- dered his estates to his son Imbert , and not only as- sumed the habit of a monk of the order of Cluny , but ...
... Walter Mapes informs us that Guiscard was a man of wealth , distinguished for his valour ; that in his old age he had surren- dered his estates to his son Imbert , and not only as- sumed the habit of a monk of the order of Cluny , but ...
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... Walter Calenius archdeacon of Oxford , * also a patron of learning , who , after a visit to Britany , had brought home with him some books in the Breton language , containing histo- ries ( or rather romances ) then current in that ...
... Walter Calenius archdeacon of Oxford , * also a patron of learning , who , after a visit to Britany , had brought home with him some books in the Breton language , containing histo- ries ( or rather romances ) then current in that ...
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