Practical Modern English, Volume 3University of London Press, 1949 |
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... wrote many fine lyrics . John Webster ( 1580-1625 ) was another early seventeenth- century dramatist . We know little of his education and early life , but it is believed that he earned his living as a tailor . He wrote several plays ...
... wrote many fine lyrics . John Webster ( 1580-1625 ) was another early seventeenth- century dramatist . We know little of his education and early life , but it is believed that he earned his living as a tailor . He wrote several plays ...
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... wrote two volumes of poetry , Odes and Epistles ; and Irish Melodies which are full of pathos and rich with sentiment ; and an Oriental romance , Lalla Rookh . He also wrote a life of Sheridan and one of Lord Byron whom he visited in ...
... wrote two volumes of poetry , Odes and Epistles ; and Irish Melodies which are full of pathos and rich with sentiment ; and an Oriental romance , Lalla Rookh . He also wrote a life of Sheridan and one of Lord Byron whom he visited in ...
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... wrote many critical works , including Essays in Criticism , Mixed Essays , and Irish Essays . His prose is easy and graceful yet in construction it is exact . He could write keen satire , but in the main his prose is distinguished by ...
... wrote many critical works , including Essays in Criticism , Mixed Essays , and Irish Essays . His prose is easy and graceful yet in construction it is exact . He could write keen satire , but in the main his prose is distinguished by ...
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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