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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... given judgments that are in bad order ; I will sit in your seat and rearrange them correctly . " 10 it . May God bring us to the joy that shall last The judge sat still and did not rise at once , and Gamelyn split his cheekbone ...
... given judgments that are in bad order ; I will sit in your seat and rearrange them correctly . " 10 it . May God bring us to the joy that shall last The judge sat still and did not rise at once , and Gamelyn split his cheekbone ...
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... given here as " I shot a bird in bower bright . " We respond readily to the lilting melody , the images and figures taken from nature , the pre- vailing atmosphere of spring and youth . We may feel , perhaps , that too many of the ...
... given here as " I shot a bird in bower bright . " We respond readily to the lilting melody , the images and figures taken from nature , the pre- vailing atmosphere of spring and youth . We may feel , perhaps , that too many of the ...
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... given to us incidentally as we go along , sometimes given obscurely and often not given at all . Why , for instance , did Sir Patrick Spens put to sea ? The version which we print will never tell us , although there are others which say ...
... given to us incidentally as we go along , sometimes given obscurely and often not given at all . Why , for instance , did Sir Patrick Spens put to sea ? The version which we print will never tell us , although there are others which say ...
Contents
THE APPROACH TO ENGLISH LITERATURE | 1 |
THE EARLY PERIOD | 7 |
BEOWULF | 11 |
Copyright | |
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