A Short History of English LiteratureH. Milford, 1921 - 404 sivua |
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... perhaps be offered for the writing of a new History of English Literature when there are already good older histories in the field . A partial justification may be found in the attempt here made to bring the treatment of the subject ...
... perhaps be offered for the writing of a new History of English Literature when there are already good older histories in the field . A partial justification may be found in the attempt here made to bring the treatment of the subject ...
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... perhaps to exalt their recently conquered country in the eyes of the Normans , and at the same time to make capital out of the contemporary passion for romance , wrote a history of the British kings from the time of the reputed landing ...
... perhaps to exalt their recently conquered country in the eyes of the Normans , and at the same time to make capital out of the contemporary passion for romance , wrote a history of the British kings from the time of the reputed landing ...
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... perhaps its finest passage is the early one which describes the dream of Guenever , and begins thus : All but Sir Gawain , graythest of alle , He leves with Dame Gaynour in those groves greene , Under a laurel she lay , that lady so ...
... perhaps its finest passage is the early one which describes the dream of Guenever , and begins thus : All but Sir Gawain , graythest of alle , He leves with Dame Gaynour in those groves greene , Under a laurel she lay , that lady so ...
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... perhaps finished his chronicle some twelve years earlier . After the fashion of such surveys , it reviews the whole history of the world from the Creation downwards . By far its most interesting part is that which describes the social ...
... perhaps finished his chronicle some twelve years earlier . After the fashion of such surveys , it reviews the whole history of the world from the Creation downwards . By far its most interesting part is that which describes the social ...
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... perhaps follows it in time , it is written in rime royal . In 1373 , and again in 1378 , Chaucer visited Italy , and his visits quickened , if they did not kindle , the love of Italian literature which so profoundly affected his ...
... perhaps follows it in time , it is written in rime royal . In 1373 , and again in 1378 , Chaucer visited Italy , and his visits quickened , if they did not kindle , the love of Italian literature which so profoundly affected his ...
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