Practical Modern English, Volume 3University of London Press, 1949 |
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Page 79
... mind was too brilliantly alive and too impatient to await quietly the coming of mystical light . His poetry was both profound and original , although much of it is difficult to under- stand because his richly - stocked mind forced him ...
... mind was too brilliantly alive and too impatient to await quietly the coming of mystical light . His poetry was both profound and original , although much of it is difficult to under- stand because his richly - stocked mind forced him ...
Page 86
... mind was set Serious to learn and know , and thence to do What might be public good ; myself I thought Born to that end , born to promote all truth , All righteous things . In 1625 he went to Christ's College , Cambridge , where he had ...
... mind was set Serious to learn and know , and thence to do What might be public good ; myself I thought Born to that end , born to promote all truth , All righteous things . In 1625 he went to Christ's College , Cambridge , where he had ...
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... Mind , Mr. Enmity , Mr. Liar , Mr. Cruelty , Mr. Hate - light , and Mr. Implacable , who everyone gave in his private verdict among themselves , and afterwards unanimously concluded to bring him in guilty before the judge . And first ...
... Mind , Mr. Enmity , Mr. Liar , Mr. Cruelty , Mr. Hate - light , and Mr. Implacable , who everyone gave in his private verdict among themselves , and afterwards unanimously concluded to bring him in guilty before the judge . And 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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