Practical Modern English, Volume 3University of London Press, 1949 |
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... College , Cambridge , where , although he was a satisfactory student , he disliked the life and restrictions imposed . His college days do not seem to have impressed him greatly , but he felt later that he had not appreciated ...
... College , Cambridge , where , although he was a satisfactory student , he disliked the life and restrictions imposed . His college days do not seem to have impressed him greatly , but he felt later that he had not appreciated ...
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... College , London , afterwards entering Magdalene College , Cambridge , where he prepared to take Holy Orders . Then he became curate at Eversley , in Hampshire , and re- mained to be rector . Later he was made Chaplain to Queen Victoria ...
... College , London , afterwards entering Magdalene College , Cambridge , where he prepared to take Holy Orders . Then he became curate at Eversley , in Hampshire , and re- mained to be rector . Later he was made Chaplain to Queen Victoria ...
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... College , Oxford . Afterwards he became a Fellow of his College . He began his literary career by writing plays which , although many of them were produced in London , had no marked success . In consequence he turned to fiction and ...
... College , Oxford . Afterwards he became a Fellow of his College . He began his literary career by writing plays which , although many of them were produced in London , had no marked success . In consequence he turned to fiction and ...
Contents
THE LITERATURE OF THE ANGLOSAXONS | 9 |
THE NORMAN CONQUEST AND AFTER | 18 |
GEOFFREY CHAUCER THE FATHER OF ENGLISH POETRY | 24 |
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