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Сторінка 6 - ANALECTA ANGLO-SAXONICA.— A Selection, in Prose and Verse, from Anglo-Saxon Authors, of various ages, with a Glossary. By Benjamin Thorpe, FSA A New Edition, with corrections and improvements. Post 8vo, cloth, 8s.
Сторінка 117 - Purgatory, but a complete history of the legends and superstitions relating to the subject, from the earliest times, rescued from old MSS. as well as from old printed books. Moreover, it embraces a singular chapter of literary history omitted by Warton and all former writers with whom we are acquainted : and we think we may add, that it forms the best introduction to Dante that has yet been published.
Сторінка 124 - WESTMORELAND and Cumberland.— Dialogues, Poems, Songs, and Ballads, by various Writers, in the Westmoreland and Cumberland Dialects, now first collected, to which is added a Copious Glossary of Words peculiar to those Counties. Post 8vo, (pp. 408), cloth. 9s.
Сторінка 14 - BARKER. — Literary Anecdotes and Contemporary Reminiscences of Professor Person, and others, from the Manuscript Papers of the late EH Barker, Esq., of Thetford, Norfolk, with an Original Memoir of the Author. 2 vols. 8vo, cloth, 12s. MILTON'S EARLY READING, and the prima stamina of his " Paradise Lost," together with Extracts from a Poet of the XVIth Century (Joshua Sylvester).
Сторінка 68 - THE Iliads of HOMER, Prince of Poets, never before in any language truly translated, with a Comment on some of his chief PlacesDone according to the Greek by GEORGE CHAPMAN, with Intro.
Сторінка 14 - A PHILOLOGICAL GRAMMAR, grounded upon English, and formed from a comparison of more than Sixty Languages. Being an Introduction to the Science of Grammars of all Languages, especially English, Latin, and Greek. By the Rev. W. Barnes, B D., of St. John's College, Cambridge; Author of " Poems in the Dorset Dialect,
Сторінка 10 - The History of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. Compiled by Sir THOMAS MALORY, Knight. Edited from the Edition of 1634, with Introduction and Notes, by THOMAS WRIGHT, MA, FSA 3 vols, SECOND AND REVISED EDITION.
Сторінка 87 - CHRONICLE of London from 1089 to 1483, written in the 15th Century, and for the first time printed from MSS. in the British Museum, with numerous Contemporary Illustrations of Royal Letters, Poems, descriptive of Public Events and Manners and Customs of the Metropolis. (Edited by SIR HARRIS NICOLAS.) 4to, facsimile, cloth bds.
Сторінка 128 - A Vade Mecum for Malt Worms, or a Guide to Good Fellows, being a description of the Manners and Customs of the most Eminent Publick Houses in and about the Cities of London and Westminster, with a Hint on the Props or Principal Customers of each House in a Method so plain that any Thirsty Person (of the meanest capacity) may easily find the nearest Way from one House to Another. Dedicated to the Brewers.
Сторінка 6 - The Anglo-Saxon Poems of Beowulf, the Scop or Gleeman's tale and the Fight at Finnesburg, with a literal Translation, Notes, Glossary etc.