Shaw's New History of English Literature: Prepared on the Basis of Shaw's ManualSheldon, 1883 - 404 páginas |
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... sympathies until the Norman , exiled from Normandy , came to consider himself an Englishman , not a foreigner in possession of English soil . But it is in the effects of the Norman Conquest upon the English language that we are ...
... sympathies until the Norman , exiled from Normandy , came to consider himself an Englishman , not a foreigner in possession of English soil . But it is in the effects of the Norman Conquest upon the English language that we are ...
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... sympathy for the outlaw , yet they have a charm for those who delight in the expressions of simple - hearted human nature . They were com- posed , nearly all of them , in this comparatively barren period of English literature , between ...
... sympathy for the outlaw , yet they have a charm for those who delight in the expressions of simple - hearted human nature . They were com- posed , nearly all of them , in this comparatively barren period of English literature , between ...
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... Sympathies and prejudices were intense . For the first time the average Englishman was using his brain . Society was active , thoughtful , aspiring , and its influence upon those who had genius for letters was powerfully stimulating ...
... Sympathies and prejudices were intense . For the first time the average Englishman was using his brain . Society was active , thoughtful , aspiring , and its influence upon those who had genius for letters was powerfully stimulating ...
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... sympathy for the toiling patience which pol- ished and decorated even the most obscure parts of the poem . That fidelity to details probably prevented the completion THE FAERY QUEENE . 67 of the work . The 66 THE FAERY QUEENE .
... sympathy for the toiling patience which pol- ished and decorated even the most obscure parts of the poem . That fidelity to details probably prevented the completion THE FAERY QUEENE . 67 of the work . The 66 THE FAERY QUEENE .
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... sympathy with the aroused spirit of his nation . Throughout his works there are allusions to her greatness and warm applause for her championship of justice and progress , and there is a breathing of the purest loyalty for the nation's ...
... sympathy with the aroused spirit of his nation . Throughout his works there are allusions to her greatness and warm applause for her championship of justice and progress , and there is a breathing of the purest loyalty for the nation's ...
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