Practical Modern English, Volume 3University of London Press, 1949 |
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Page 134
... enjoyed such considerable success that he decided to extend it and began to work on The Seasons , finishing the last part , Autumn , in 1730 . Thomson was happy in his friends , by whose efforts he obtained an appointment as Surveyor ...
... enjoyed such considerable success that he decided to extend it and began to work on The Seasons , finishing the last part , Autumn , in 1730 . Thomson was happy in his friends , by whose efforts he obtained an appointment as Surveyor ...
Page 148
... enjoying himself in social pleasures . His love of amusement brought upon him the criticism of the severe minister , but ... enjoyed a large sale , but gradually his popularity with the fashionable Edinburgh people began to wane , and in ...
... enjoying himself in social pleasures . His love of amusement brought upon him the criticism of the severe minister , but ... enjoyed a large sale , but gradually his popularity with the fashionable Edinburgh people began to wane , and in ...
Page 237
... enjoyed by Fitzgerald . He was born at Woodford in Essex and was the son of a journalist who had been friendly with Hazlitt and Lamb . He was educated at home and learnt much from his father , whose constant companion he was . At first ...
... enjoyed by Fitzgerald . He was born at Woodford in Essex and was the son of a journalist who had been friendly with Hazlitt and Lamb . He was educated at home and learnt much from his father , whose constant companion he was . At first ...
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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