Practical Modern English, Volume 3University of London Press, 1949 |
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... beauty and strength of their own language , in the use of figures of speech , and in lines that could be readily recalled . He visualised , as he wrote , the way in which an actor would deliver his part , and so when the plays are read ...
... beauty and strength of their own language , in the use of figures of speech , and in lines that could be readily recalled . He visualised , as he wrote , the way in which an actor would deliver his part , and so when the plays are read ...
Page 193
... beauty he sees , and he depicts human activities against the scenes he describes with sweeping power . His poems , like his own strong personality , are amazingly distinctive . He had a gift for satire which he displays in Don Juan and ...
... beauty he sees , and he depicts human activities against the scenes he describes with sweeping power . His poems , like his own strong personality , are amazingly distinctive . He had a gift for satire which he displays in Don Juan and ...
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... Beauty is truth , truth beauty . " A thing of beauty is a joy for ever : Its loveliness increases ; it will never Pass into nothingness ; but still will keep A bower quiet for us , and a sleep Full of sweet dreams , and health , and ...
... Beauty is truth , truth beauty . " A thing of beauty is a joy for ever : Its loveliness increases ; it will never Pass into nothingness ; but still will keep A bower quiet for us , and a sleep Full of sweet dreams , and health , 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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