Practical Modern English, Volume 3University of London Press, 1949 |
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... popular with the courtiers and their ladies , who tried to imitate their style . It is probable that this affectation became popular as a result of a desire for novelty which grew up alongside the passion for classical learning . In ...
... popular with the courtiers and their ladies , who tried to imitate their style . It is probable that this affectation became popular as a result of a desire for novelty which grew up alongside the passion for classical learning . In ...
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... popular in his own time but are little read now . Perhaps his most important con- tribution to fiction is his ... popular demand . Among the popular writers were a number of women . First we must mention Fanny Burney ( 1752-1840 ) , Dr ...
... popular in his own time but are little read now . Perhaps his most important con- tribution to fiction is his ... popular demand . Among the popular writers were a number of women . First we must mention Fanny Burney ( 1752-1840 ) , Dr ...
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... popular lines : nature . Breathes there the man , with soul so dead , Who never to himself hath said , This is my ... popularity to the magnificent description of the battle of Flodden itself . A very high level of poetical expression is ...
... popular lines : nature . Breathes there the man , with soul so dead , Who never to himself hath said , This is my ... popularity to the magnificent description of the battle of Flodden itself . A very high level of poetical expression is ...
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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