Practical Modern English, Volume 3University of London Press, 1949 |
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... achieving fame as a speaker , he managed two of London's largest theatres , entertained constantly , and visited the houses ... achieved , and the stage was set for the magnificent works of the Romantic Poets . The change had been fore ...
... achieving fame as a speaker , he managed two of London's largest theatres , entertained constantly , and visited the houses ... achieved , and the stage was set for the magnificent works of the Romantic Poets . The change had been fore ...
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... achieved a reputation as an extremely good shorthand - writer and as an accurate and brilliant journalist who wrote arresting prose . Owing to the nature of his work he had to travel all over England and to many parts of Scotland , so ...
... achieved a reputation as an extremely good shorthand - writer and as an accurate and brilliant journalist who wrote arresting prose . Owing to the nature of his work he had to travel all over England and to many parts of Scotland , so ...
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... achieved success . The following year her greatest novel , Adam Bede , was published . In this book she shows an almost Dickensian humour and one of its characters , Mrs. Poyser , has become immortal . Then came The Mill on the Floss ...
... achieved success . The following year her greatest novel , Adam Bede , was published . In this book she shows an almost Dickensian humour and one of its characters , Mrs. Poyser , has become immortal . Then came The Mill on the Floss ...
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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