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The generall ende . of all the booke , ' says the author , ' is to fashion a gentleman or noble person in vertuous and gentle discipline . ' Of this , King Arthur is his exemplar , and he strives to pourtraict'in him , ' before he was ...
The generall ende . of all the booke , ' says the author , ' is to fashion a gentleman or noble person in vertuous and gentle discipline . ' Of this , King Arthur is his exemplar , and he strives to pourtraict'in him , ' before he was ...
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| Title | A Handbook of English Literature |
| Author | William Hall Griffin |
| Editor | William Hall Griffin |
| Compiled by | Austin Dobson |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | C. Lockwood and son, 1897 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 3 Aug 2007 |
| ISBN | 084142490X, 9780841424906 |
| Length | 384 pages |
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