Practical Modern English, Volume 3University of London Press, 1949 |
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Page 78
... excellent technique , and while some of his verse is graceful and charming , much of it is sober and re- strained , contrasting strongly with the light gaiety of the Cavalier poets . His best poems are the Horatian Ode to Cromwell , The ...
... excellent technique , and while some of his verse is graceful and charming , much of it is sober and re- strained , contrasting strongly with the light gaiety of the Cavalier poets . His best poems are the Horatian Ode to Cromwell , The ...
Page 231
... excellent Greek scholar and won prizes for French and Italian . In 1860 , the year when he left Oxford , he published his first book , which contained the two dramas , The Queen Mother and Rosamund . Although an excellent performance ...
... excellent Greek scholar and won prizes for French and Italian . In 1860 , the year when he left Oxford , he published his first book , which contained the two dramas , The Queen Mother and Rosamund . Although an excellent performance ...
Page 257
... excellent prose . It is as an essayist , however , that he reaches his supreme height as a writer . The Essays are still widely read , and their range is considerable , for he treats of historical , biographical , and literary topics ...
... excellent prose . It is as an essayist , however , that he reaches his supreme height as a writer . The Essays are still widely read , and their range is considerable , for he treats of historical , biographical , and literary topics ...
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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