Practical Modern English, Volume 3University of London Press, 1949 |
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Page 19
... telling that Sir John was born at St. Albans in 1300 , and started on his travels in 1322 to make a pilgrimage to ... tells are fantastic , some of them are instructive , but they are all highly entertaining and are written in prose ...
... telling that Sir John was born at St. Albans in 1300 , and started on his travels in 1322 to make a pilgrimage to ... tells are fantastic , some of them are instructive , but they are all highly entertaining and are written in prose ...
Page 79
... Tell me where all past years are , Or who cleft the devil's foot . Teach me to hear mermaids singing , Or to keep off envy's stinging , And find What wind Serves to advance an honest mind . If thou be'st born to strange sights , Things ...
... Tell me where all past years are , Or who cleft the devil's foot . Teach me to hear mermaids singing , Or to keep off envy's stinging , And find What wind Serves to advance an honest mind . If thou be'st born to strange sights , Things ...
Page 104
... tells us how the ordinary seventeenth - century man and woman lived , particularly in London , while Evelyn deals ... tell us of a great fire they saw in the City . So I rose , and slipped on my night - gown , and went to her window ...
... tells us how the ordinary seventeenth - century man and woman lived , particularly in London , while Evelyn deals ... tell us of a great fire they saw in the City . So I rose , and slipped on my night - gown , and went to her window ...
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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