Practical Modern English, Volume 3University of London Press, 1949 |
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Page 124
... continued to believe in the men of his immediate past , he had enormous admiration for Pope's work , and so he himself continued to write in the style of the early eighteenth century . Nevertheless , he must have been unconsciously ...
... continued to believe in the men of his immediate past , he had enormous admiration for Pope's work , and so he himself continued to write in the style of the early eighteenth century . Nevertheless , he must have been unconsciously ...
Page 127
... continued his task alone . The dictionary was published on April 15th , 1755 , in two folio volumes at four pounds ten shillings , and was immediately acclaimed as a work of great importance . No longer could its maker be ignored . It ...
... continued his task alone . The dictionary was published on April 15th , 1755 , in two folio volumes at four pounds ten shillings , and was immediately acclaimed as a work of great importance . No longer could its maker be ignored . It ...
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... continued to prepare for the ministry . In 1816 he was appointed to a school at Kirkcaldy where he made friends with Edward Irving , who was also a master at the school . The intimacy was of importance in Carlyle's career , for of it he ...
... continued to prepare for the ministry . In 1816 he was appointed to a school at Kirkcaldy where he made friends with Edward Irving , who was also a master at the school . The intimacy was of importance in Carlyle's career , for of it he ...
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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