Practical Modern English, Volume 3University of London Press, 1949 |
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... close examination reveals words like he and to which are the same to - day . Strange as it seems to modern readers , Old English is the forerunner of English as we use it . The verse form in which the poem is written has its ...
... close examination reveals words like he and to which are the same to - day . Strange as it seems to modern readers , Old English is the forerunner of English as we use it . The verse form in which the poem is written has its ...
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... close in a mood of serenity , reflecting Milton's own spirit of acceptance . The poet always wrote under the eye of his Maker . Thus in the words spoken by the Chorus : All is best , though we oft doubt , What th ' unsearchable dispose ...
... close in a mood of serenity , reflecting Milton's own spirit of acceptance . The poet always wrote under the eye of his Maker . Thus in the words spoken by the Chorus : All is best , though we oft doubt , What th ' unsearchable dispose ...
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... close friends and remained so until the end of John- son's life . Boswell appeared to be weak and vain and to talk unceasingly , but he had sense enough to recognise a great man when he met one . From the beginning of their friendship ...
... close friends and remained so until the end of John- son's life . Boswell appeared to be weak and vain and to talk unceasingly , but he had sense enough to recognise a great man when he met one . From the beginning of their friendship ...
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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