A Biographical History of English Literature: Being an Elementary Introduction to the Greater English WritersW. & R.Chambers, 1879 |
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... ENGLISH LITERATURE BEING AN ELEMENTARY INTRODUCTION TO THE GREATER ENGLISH WRITERS WITH FOUR HUNDRED EXERCISES W. & R. CHAMBERS LONDON AND EDINBURGH ( All Rights Reserved . ) HARVARD UNIVERSITY LIBRARY 11 X216 PREFACE . This little book ...
... ENGLISH LITERATURE BEING AN ELEMENTARY INTRODUCTION TO THE GREATER ENGLISH WRITERS WITH FOUR HUNDRED EXERCISES W. & R. CHAMBERS LONDON AND EDINBURGH ( All Rights Reserved . ) HARVARD UNIVERSITY LIBRARY 11 X216 PREFACE . This little book ...
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... English bridle - road of the fourteenth century , full of mud and ruts and deep holes , and a modern English railroad , or between the heavy , springless broadwheeled wagon of the fourteenth century and the light - hung and graceful ...
... English bridle - road of the fourteenth century , full of mud and ruts and deep holes , and a modern English railroad , or between the heavy , springless broadwheeled wagon of the fourteenth century and the light - hung and graceful ...
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... English word rime , which meant number . In King Alfred's time , arithmetic was called rimecraft ; just as astronomy was called star - craft . But the word rime , finding itself frequently in the company of rhythm ( a Greek word which ...
... English word rime , which meant number . In King Alfred's time , arithmetic was called rimecraft ; just as astronomy was called star - craft . But the word rime , finding itself frequently in the company of rhythm ( a Greek word which ...
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... English language in its growth ? 7. State the forms in all literatures in which language appears . 8. Give the derivation of the 9. Of the word verse . 10. In what does verse differ from prose ? 11. What was the earliest form of ...
... English language in its growth ? 7. State the forms in all literatures in which language appears . 8. Give the derivation of the 9. Of the word verse . 10. In what does verse differ from prose ? 11. What was the earliest form of ...
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... English Literature is a part of the history of the English nation . The literature of a people is the impress or stamp of themselves , their character , and their experience , which they have left in writing - in stories , songs ...
... English Literature is a part of the history of the English nation . The literature of a people is the impress or stamp of themselves , their character , and their experience , which they have left in writing - in stories , songs ...
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