A Hand-book of English Literature: Intended for the Use of High Schools, as Well as a ... Guide for Private Students ...Lee and Shepard, 1877 - 608 Seiten |
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... poet spelled as it seemed right in his own eyes . The hardening into unchangeable forms came while the elements were mixed confusedly , and the result was like freezing over a river - basin covered with heaped - up fragments of floating ...
... poet spelled as it seemed right in his own eyes . The hardening into unchangeable forms came while the elements were mixed confusedly , and the result was like freezing over a river - basin covered with heaped - up fragments of floating ...
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... poet , historian , or essayist is equal to the task of ingrafting half a dozen new words that shall really thrive and endure on our old English stock . As in the beginning , we must look to the development of the arts , trade , com ...
... poet , historian , or essayist is equal to the task of ingrafting half a dozen new words that shall really thrive and endure on our old English stock . As in the beginning , we must look to the development of the arts , trade , com ...
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... poet , that would not furnish such illustrations ; and the lesson taught is obvious : that a knowledge of plain good English , though useful and praiseworthy , does not necessarily qualify one to write upon subjects of which he has not ...
... poet , that would not furnish such illustrations ; and the lesson taught is obvious : that a knowledge of plain good English , though useful and praiseworthy , does not necessarily qualify one to write upon subjects of which he has not ...
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... poet so freely uses . The higher classes had partly learned the language of the common people , and doubtless enjoyed the Canter- bury Tales with a keen relish ; but to the multitude they must have appeared as affected and ...
... poet so freely uses . The higher classes had partly learned the language of the common people , and doubtless enjoyed the Canter- bury Tales with a keen relish ; but to the multitude they must have appeared as affected and ...
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... poets of this period are still popular : Henry Howard , Earl of Surrey , and Sir Thomas Wyatt . If they had written ... poet that Scotland has produced ; but with our impressions of Burns and of Sir Walter himself , the judg- ment seems ...
... poets of this period are still popular : Henry Howard , Earl of Surrey , and Sir Thomas Wyatt . If they had written ... poet that Scotland has produced ; but with our impressions of Burns and of Sir Walter himself , the judg- ment seems ...
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