A Biographical History of English Literature: Being an Elementary Introduction to the Greater English WritersW. & R.Chambers, 1879 |
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... characters in it — which characters are not described by the author , but made to show themselves in their acts and speeches . The word drama means a deedsomething done . A Lyric is a short burst of song ; and the lyrical poet is not ...
... characters in it — which characters are not described by the author , but made to show themselves in their acts and speeches . The word drama means a deedsomething done . A Lyric is a short burst of song ; and the lyrical poet is not ...
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... character , and their experience , which they have left in writing - in stories , songs , histories , and treatises . The history of the English people begins upon the continent of Europe , up in that northern corner which is now called ...
... character , and their experience , which they have left in writing - in stories , songs , histories , and treatises . The history of the English people begins upon the continent of Europe , up in that northern corner which is now called ...
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... character . istic of all our English poetry down to the coming of the Normans . It was probably recited in a kind of chant , to the accompaniment of the harp ; and no doubt sounded much better to the old Anglian warriors , over their ...
... character . istic of all our English poetry down to the coming of the Normans . It was probably recited in a kind of chant , to the accompaniment of the harp ; and no doubt sounded much better to the old Anglian warriors , over their ...
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... character of the English mind . 6. The first great prose - writer in English Literature is KING ÆLFRED , who was born in 849 , and died in 901. After his agreement with the Danes under Guthrum , that the high - road from Dover to ...
... character of the English mind . 6. The first great prose - writer in English Literature is KING ÆLFRED , who was born in 849 , and died in 901. After his agreement with the Danes under Guthrum , that the high - road from Dover to ...
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... CHARACTER OF A GOOD MONK . For himm birrb beon full clenë maun , and all wibbutenn ahhtë , Buttan batt mann himm finden shall unnorne mete and wæde.3 1 and altogether without property , Except that one shall find him in simple meat and ...
... CHARACTER OF A GOOD MONK . For himm birrb beon full clenë maun , and all wibbutenn ahhtë , Buttan batt mann himm finden shall unnorne mete and wæde.3 1 and altogether without property , Except that one shall find him in simple meat and ...
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