Transcriber’s Note:
This work features some large and wide tables. These are best viewed with a wide screen.
A HISTORY OF
ENGLISH LITERATURE
Let us now praise famous men, ...
Such as found out musical tunes,
And recited verses in writing....
Their bodies are buried in peace;
But their name liveth for evermore.
The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of
Sirach, or Ecclesiasticus
A HISTORY OF
ENGLISH LITERATURE
A PRACTICAL TEXT-BOOK