Practical Modern English, Volume 3University of London Press, 1949 |
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Page 148
... father , although in some respects a most remarkable man , was an extremely unsuccessful farmer , so the family moved about in an attempt to make a living . After the death of his father , he and his brother began to farm at Mossgiel ...
... father , although in some respects a most remarkable man , was an extremely unsuccessful farmer , so the family moved about in an attempt to make a living . After the death of his father , he and his brother began to farm at Mossgiel ...
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... father was a Unitarian minister . From 1783-1787 he was with his family in America , where his father felt he had a mission . When Hazlitt was nine they returned to London , and after a period at Walworth his father accepted a charge at ...
... father was a Unitarian minister . From 1783-1787 he was with his family in America , where his father felt he had a mission . When Hazlitt was nine they returned to London , and after a period at Walworth his father accepted a charge at ...
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... father . This was fortunate for the future poet , for , in addition to his enjoying his father's excellent library in which he was able to browse freely and thus early to become acquainted with the work of the English poets , he also ...
... father . This was fortunate for the future poet , for , in addition to his enjoying his father's excellent library in which he was able to browse freely and thus early to become acquainted with the work of the English poets , he also ...
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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