Practical Modern English, Volume 3University of London Press, 1949 |
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Page 89
... produced pamphlets on the burning questions of the day , attacking the Royalists on all points , and defending the Roundheads and the Nonconformist religion . Undoubtedly , he worked hard and well , and in 1649 when Cromwell became ...
... produced pamphlets on the burning questions of the day , attacking the Royalists on all points , and defending the Roundheads and the Nonconformist religion . Undoubtedly , he worked hard and well , and in 1649 when Cromwell became ...
Page 118
... produced a good deal of literary work despite his busy political life , and enjoyed a reputation as a poet , although little of his verse is read to - day . His fame rests on his essays , particularly those he contributed to The ...
... produced a good deal of literary work despite his busy political life , and enjoyed a reputation as a poet , although little of his verse is read to - day . His fame rests on his essays , particularly those he contributed to The ...
Page 168
... produce a volume of poems . It was agreed that Coleridge should write poems dealing with supernatural subjects , and ... produced some of his most delightful poems including Ruth , Lucy Gray , and Nutting , and began The Prelude , which ...
... produce a volume of poems . It was agreed that Coleridge should write poems dealing with supernatural subjects , and ... produced some of his most delightful poems including Ruth , Lucy Gray , and Nutting , and began The Prelude , which ...
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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