Life in English Literature: An Introduction for Beginners, Volumes 1-3Methuen, 1949 - 535 pages |
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Page 206
... ( called Piscator , i.e. Fisherman ) is again talking to his Scholar , who because his recreation used to be Hunting , is called Venator . " And now you shall see me try my skill to catch a Trout , and at my next walking , either this ...
... ( called Piscator , i.e. Fisherman ) is again talking to his Scholar , who because his recreation used to be Hunting , is called Venator . " And now you shall see me try my skill to catch a Trout , and at my next walking , either this ...
Page 220
... called Mac Flecknoe ; or A Satire on the True Blue Protestant Poet , T. S. , and it describes , with lively malice , how a dull poet named Flecknoe sought for a poet bad enough to succeed him on the throne of Dulness . All human things ...
... called Mac Flecknoe ; or A Satire on the True Blue Protestant Poet , T. S. , and it describes , with lively malice , how a dull poet named Flecknoe sought for a poet bad enough to succeed him on the throne of Dulness . All human things ...
Page 374
... called The Castle of Otranto , and who lived himself in an imitation castle called Strawberry Hill , near Pope's old home at Twickenham . The death of Walpole's cat brought yet another kind of poem from Gray - the mock- serious Ode on ...
... called The Castle of Otranto , and who lived himself in an imitation castle called Strawberry Hill , near Pope's old home at Twickenham . The death of Walpole's cat brought yet another kind of poem from Gray - the mock- serious Ode on ...
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