Practical Modern English, Volume 3University of London Press, 1949 |
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... England and abroad . Throughout his life he had watched his fellow- men , had seen their weaknesses and foibles , and assessed them with benevolent clarity . Because he sees them so clearly his characters are always vital . He describes ...
... England and abroad . Throughout his life he had watched his fellow- men , had seen their weaknesses and foibles , and assessed them with benevolent clarity . Because he sees them so clearly his characters are always vital . He describes ...
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... England . Beginning as an apprentice to a silk mercer in London , he afterwards settled in Bruges and became the head of the English merchants in that city . He was not only a good business man but also a great book lover . His ...
... England . Beginning as an apprentice to a silk mercer in London , he afterwards settled in Bruges and became the head of the English merchants in that city . He was not only a good business man but also a great book lover . His ...
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... England but in Europe . . . Clarissa , moreover , was accepted as a masterpiece of its kind , and she moved , not only Englishmen , but Germans and Frenchmen to sympathetic tears . Henry Fielding Henry Fielding ( 1707–1754 ) , our next ...
... England but in Europe . . . Clarissa , moreover , was accepted as a masterpiece of its kind , and she moved , not only Englishmen , but Germans and Frenchmen to sympathetic tears . Henry Fielding Henry Fielding ( 1707–1754 ) , our next ...
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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