Practical Modern English, Volume 3University of London Press, 1949 |
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... essays approach near to absolute perfection ; nor is their excellence more wonderful than their variety . " The essays were written to fill a particular space so each had to be uniform in size and Addison's work is always kept within ...
... essays approach near to absolute perfection ; nor is their excellence more wonderful than their variety . " The essays were written to fill a particular space so each had to be uniform in size and Addison's work is always kept within ...
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... Essays of Elia " It is the Essays of Elia , and the Last Essays of Elia , that give Charles Lamb his place in English literature . Like Words- worth , he attached importance to his recollections of childhood and in Witches and Other ...
... Essays of Elia " It is the Essays of Elia , and the Last Essays of Elia , that give Charles Lamb his place in English literature . Like Words- worth , he attached importance to his recollections of childhood and in Witches and Other ...
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... essays On the Pleasure of Painting ; A Landscape of Nicolas Poussin ; On the Picturesque and Ideal ; and The Old Age of Artists are both informative and stimulating . In the essays published under the title , The Spirit of the Age , he ...
... essays On the Pleasure of Painting ; A Landscape of Nicolas Poussin ; On the Picturesque and Ideal ; and The Old Age of Artists are both informative and stimulating . In the essays published under the title , The Spirit of the Age , 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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