Shaw's New History of English Literature: Prepared on the Basis of "Shaw's Manual"Sheldon & Company, 1877 - 404 páginas |
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... expression in the same lan- guage which we now speak . The rude dialects that were brought to Britain by our forefathers , though differing in many particulars , were like the modern English in all essential respects . This ven- erable ...
... expression in the same lan- guage which we now speak . The rude dialects that were brought to Britain by our forefathers , though differing in many particulars , were like the modern English in all essential respects . This ven- erable ...
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... its bone - house ( " ban - hus " ) . man . A description of this poem is comparatively uninstructive and valueless without an illustration of its quaint thought and its terse expression . We will look at a short extract 14 BEOWULF .
... its bone - house ( " ban - hus " ) . man . A description of this poem is comparatively uninstructive and valueless without an illustration of its quaint thought and its terse expression . We will look at a short extract 14 BEOWULF .
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... expression . We will look at a short extract from the cor- densed and modernized version found in Morley's English Writers . * " Then came from the moor under the misty hills , Grendel stalking : the wicked spoiler meant in the lofty ...
... expression . We will look at a short extract from the cor- densed and modernized version found in Morley's English Writers . * " Then came from the moor under the misty hills , Grendel stalking : the wicked spoiler meant in the lofty ...
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... expression . Although the action of this heroic story was not later than the beginning of the sixth century , the only MS . which has preserved the narrative for us was written not earlier than the close of the tenth century . This most ...
... expression . Although the action of this heroic story was not later than the beginning of the sixth century , the only MS . which has preserved the narrative for us was written not earlier than the close of the tenth century . This most ...
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... expression , natural sweetness and simple pathos , are not wanting ; but there is still a complete absence of artistic form , literary skill , and the higher qualities of workmanship . Nothing appears to portend the magnificent outburst ...
... expression , natural sweetness and simple pathos , are not wanting ; but there is still a complete absence of artistic form , literary skill , and the higher qualities of workmanship . Nothing appears to portend the magnificent outburst ...
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