Practical Modern English, Volume 3University of London Press, 1949 |
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Page 72
... wonderful language he expressed thoughts which are felt by many men who are themselves unable to give voice to them . His command of English rarely fails and is always appropriate to the character who uses it and the theme it treats ...
... wonderful language he expressed thoughts which are felt by many men who are themselves unable to give voice to them . His command of English rarely fails and is always appropriate to the character who uses it and the theme it treats ...
Page 148
... wonderful future for its author that he went to Edinburgh . Although he had little money and knew no one of importance , his fame as a poet had preceded him and he found Edinburgh was ready to fĂȘte him . In 1787 , a second edition of ...
... wonderful future for its author that he went to Edinburgh . Although he had little money and knew no one of importance , his fame as a poet had preceded him and he found Edinburgh was ready to fĂȘte him . In 1787 , a second edition of ...
Page 196
... wonderful deliverance of Prometheus after his long confinement which he had borne with divine patience . These are the last lines of the poem : To suffer woes which Hope thinks infinite ; To forgive wrongs darker than death or night ...
... wonderful deliverance of Prometheus after his long confinement which he had borne with divine patience . These are the last lines of the poem : To suffer woes which Hope thinks infinite ; To forgive wrongs darker than death or night ...
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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