Masters of English LiteratureA.C. McClurg & Company, 1914 - 446 páginas |
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... line of demarcation between what is and what is not litera- ture has never been sharply drawn . We feel that neither a city directory nor even a dictionary should be classed as literature . Charles Lamb went so far as to exclude the ...
... line of demarcation between what is and what is not litera- ture has never been sharply drawn . We feel that neither a city directory nor even a dictionary should be classed as literature . Charles Lamb went so far as to exclude the ...
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... line of great English poets who are the glory of English literature ; first in time , and among the first in power . We know , to be sure , that there were poets before Chaucer , just as there were dramatists before Shakspere and ...
... line of great English poets who are the glory of English literature ; first in time , and among the first in power . We know , to be sure , that there were poets before Chaucer , just as there were dramatists before Shakspere and ...
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... lines remain . This work had a profound influence upon Chaucer and during its ascendency he wrote " ballads , roundels , and virelays . " The most important of these minor works was the Book of the Duchesse , written to Chaucer 133.
... lines remain . This work had a profound influence upon Chaucer and during its ascendency he wrote " ballads , roundels , and virelays . " The most important of these minor works was the Book of the Duchesse , written to Chaucer 133.
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... the German final e , and you will come very near the truth . " It is also well to remember that when e is the last letter of a line , it should be lightly pronounced . " There is a pervading wholesomeness in the writings of Chaucer 15.
... the German final e , and you will come very near the truth . " It is also well to remember that when e is the last letter of a line , it should be lightly pronounced . " There is a pervading wholesomeness in the writings of Chaucer 15.
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... lines ; the Knight's Tale has but 2250 lines . The tale deals in a romantic spirit with the love for Emily of two close friends who are also kinsmen , Pala- mon and Arcite ; the fourth character of importance being Duke Theseus . When ...
... lines ; the Knight's Tale has but 2250 lines . The tale deals in a romantic spirit with the love for Emily of two close friends who are also kinsmen , Pala- mon and Arcite ; the fourth character of importance being Duke Theseus . When ...
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