Boys' and Girls' Bookshelf: Little journeys into booklandUniversity Society, 1912 |
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... English poet . He was born in London about 1340. As a young man he was en- gaged in the service of the court . Chaucer fought in the wars of Edward III . in France , and was there taken prisoner in 1359 . The King ransomed him , and he ...
... English poet . He was born in London about 1340. As a young man he was en- gaged in the service of the court . Chaucer fought in the wars of Edward III . in France , and was there taken prisoner in 1359 . The King ransomed him , and he ...
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... English country gentleman , whose manners were old fashioned , but whose heart was true and good and kind . All these things were written of in such pure and beautiful English that every one read the papers with great pleasure . The ...
... English country gentleman , whose manners were old fashioned , but whose heart was true and good and kind . All these things were written of in such pure and beautiful English that every one read the papers with great pleasure . The ...
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... English fiction when Sir Walter Scott came on the scene with his historical novels . A historical novel is one in which the scene is laid in some period before the time of the writer , and in which the principal characters are persons ...
... English fiction when Sir Walter Scott came on the scene with his historical novels . A historical novel is one in which the scene is laid in some period before the time of the writer , and in which the principal characters are persons ...
Contents
OUR GREAT AMERICAN WRITERS PART I | 1 |
POEMS FOR CHILDREN OF ALL AGES PART I | 14 |
FIVE GREAT ENGLISH WRITERS INTRODUCED TO LITTLE FOLK | 27 |
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