The College Survey of English Literature: The early period. The sixteenth century. The seventeenth century. The eighteenth centuryBartlett Jere Whiting, Fred Benjamin Millett Harcourt, Brace, 1947 |
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... brought him all dressed in his armor to the hall , where a fine fire burned fiercely on the floor . Then the lord of the people came from his chamber to meet the man in the hall with honor . He said : " You are welcome to remain as you ...
... brought him all dressed in his armor to the hall , where a fine fire burned fiercely on the floor . Then the lord of the people came from his chamber to meet the man in the hall with honor . He said : " You are welcome to remain as you ...
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... brought not only all sorts of herbs , and the fruits of trees , with bread , but also fish , and all manner of four - footed beasts , and wild fowl that be man's meat . But first the filthiness and ordure thereof is clean washed away in ...
... brought not only all sorts of herbs , and the fruits of trees , with bread , but also fish , and all manner of four - footed beasts , and wild fowl that be man's meat . But first the filthiness and ordure thereof is clean washed away in ...
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... brought up before . And being once inglutted with vanity , he will straightway loathe all learning , and cruelty in schoolmasters in beating away the love of learning from children , which hindereth learning and virtue and good bringing ...
... brought up before . And being once inglutted with vanity , he will straightway loathe all learning , and cruelty in schoolmasters in beating away the love of learning from children , which hindereth learning and virtue and good bringing ...
Contents
THE APPROACH TO ENGLISH LITERATURE | 1 |
THE EARLY PERIOD | 7 |
BEOWULF | 11 |
Copyright | |
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