Masters of English LiteratureA.C. McClurg & Company, 1914 - 446 páginas |
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... writes : “ Literature is composed of those books , and of those books only , which , in the first place , by reason of their subject - matter and their mode of treating it , are of general human interest ; and in which , in the second ...
... writes : “ Literature is composed of those books , and of those books only , which , in the first place , by reason of their subject - matter and their mode of treating it , are of general human interest ; and in which , in the second ...
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... writes : " 6 * The simplest rule for the pronunciation of Chaucer is Skeat's : ' Pronounce the words as they are spelt , but with the Italian vowel - sounds and the German final e , and you will come very near the truth . " It is also ...
... writes : " 6 * The simplest rule for the pronunciation of Chaucer is Skeat's : ' Pronounce the words as they are spelt , but with the Italian vowel - sounds and the German final e , and you will come very near the truth . " It is also ...
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... Writes Mr. Root : ... " As for Emily , she is a fair vision of womanly beauty and grace , and little more . Only once in the whole story , and that when the story is more than half done , in her prayer to Diana , do we hear Emily speak ...
... Writes Mr. Root : ... " As for Emily , she is a fair vision of womanly beauty and grace , and little more . Only once in the whole story , and that when the story is more than half done , in her prayer to Diana , do we hear Emily speak ...
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... writes : " The heroine here appears almost a personification of Christianity itself , such as it comes to heathen nations , is maligned and persecuted , yet , in the strength of its Founder , endures in patience and finally remains ...
... writes : " The heroine here appears almost a personification of Christianity itself , such as it comes to heathen nations , is maligned and persecuted , yet , in the strength of its Founder , endures in patience and finally remains ...
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... language that could be understood by the layman . The speech of the aristocratic knight and the learned priest gave way to the speech of the common people . * Green . " Let clerks indite in Latin [ writes the author Chaucer 21.
... language that could be understood by the layman . The speech of the aristocratic knight and the learned priest gave way to the speech of the common people . * Green . " Let clerks indite in Latin [ writes the author Chaucer 21.
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