THE

HISTORY

OF

ENGLISH LITERATURE;

WITH

AN OUTLINE OF THE ORIGIN AND GROWTH

OF

THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE:

ILLUSTRATED BY EXTRACTS.

FOR THE USE OF SCHOOLS AND OF PRIVATE STUDENTS.

BY

WILLIAM SPALDING, A. M.,

PROFESSOR OF LOGIC, RHETORIC, AND METAPHYSICS, IN THE UNIVERSITY OF SAINT

ANDREWS.

NEW-YORK:

D. APPLETON & COMPANY,

846 & 348 BROADWAY.

M.DCCC.LIV.

ENTERED, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1853, by

D. APPLETON & COMPANY,

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of

New-York.