A Biographical History of English Literature: Being an Elementary Introduction to the Greater English WritersW. & R.Chambers, 1879 |
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... fibre of each writer's style -- the very words and phrases ; and it is probable that larger views must come only with larger experience and wider reading . Hence I have spent much labour in drawing up Exercises PREFACE. ...
... fibre of each writer's style -- the very words and phrases ; and it is probable that larger views must come only with larger experience and wider reading . Hence I have spent much labour in drawing up Exercises PREFACE. ...
Side 6
... comes our word prose . ( 6 ) VERSE is also a Latin word , and means turned . It is akin to the word reverse . The Romans called Verse oratio versa , or language that is turned ; because , when we come to the end of a line , we turn back ...
... comes our word prose . ( 6 ) VERSE is also a Latin word , and means turned . It is akin to the word reverse . The Romans called Verse oratio versa , or language that is turned ; because , when we come to the end of a line , we turn back ...
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... come down to be a kind of parlour game ) , is constantly falling into it , because it was impossible for him to avoid it . “ Full fathom five thy father lies ” “ In maiden meditation , fancy free— " are only two lines among hundreds ...
... come down to be a kind of parlour game ) , is constantly falling into it , because it was impossible for him to avoid it . “ Full fathom five thy father lies ” “ In maiden meditation , fancy free— " are only two lines among hundreds ...
Side 14
... come in each iambic foot ? 61. Give an example . 62. What proportion does iambic pentameter bear to any other metre ? 63. What is it called when rhymed ? 64. What poets use it in this way ? 65. What is the name given to it when unrhymed ...
... come in each iambic foot ? 61. Give an example . 62. What proportion does iambic pentameter bear to any other metre ? 63. What is it called when rhymed ? 64. What poets use it in this way ? 65. What is the name given to it when unrhymed ...
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... comes into tho royal palace at night , and kills the warriors as they lie asleep after the feast . The name of the hero , Beowulf , also appears in the national epic poem of the Germans , called “ The Lay of the Nibelung " ( Nibelungen ...
... comes into tho royal palace at night , and kills the warriors as they lie asleep after the feast . The name of the hero , Beowulf , also appears in the national epic poem of the Germans , called “ The Lay of the Nibelung " ( Nibelungen ...
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