Practical Modern English, Volume 3University of London Press, 1949 |
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Page 108
... spent his last years in the translation of Ovid , Chaucer , and the other poets , writing heroic couplets in his own vigorous style . He was buried in Poets ' Corner in Westminster Abbey , the tablet over his grave bearing only the name ...
... spent his last years in the translation of Ovid , Chaucer , and the other poets , writing heroic couplets in his own vigorous style . He was buried in Poets ' Corner in Westminster Abbey , the tablet over his grave bearing only the name ...
Page 248
... spent quietly , she was intellectually active and did a considerable amount of writing for the press . On the death of her father she spent some time abroad and then settled in London and became sub - editor of the Westminster Review ...
... spent quietly , she was intellectually active and did a considerable amount of writing for the press . On the death of her father she spent some time abroad and then settled in London and became sub - editor of the Westminster Review ...
Page 264
... spent four years , after he had qualified , in travelling in France , Germany , and Scotland , during which time his health improved steadily . These journeyings resulted in the publication of An Inland Voyage and Travels with a Donkey ...
... spent four years , after he had qualified , in travelling in France , Germany , and Scotland , during which time his health improved steadily . These journeyings resulted in the publication of An Inland Voyage and Travels with a Donkey ...
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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