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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... less in Moscovia or Russia ; yet are the same countries very populous , and the rigour of cold is dispensed with by the commodity of stoves , warm clothing , meats and drinks : all which need not to be wanting in the Newfoundland , if ...
... less in Moscovia or Russia ; yet are the same countries very populous , and the rigour of cold is dispensed with by the commodity of stoves , warm clothing , meats and drinks : all which need not to be wanting in the Newfoundland , if ...
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... less refined , beneath the moon's pale light Pursue the stars that shoot athwart the night , Or suck the mists in ... less pleasing , though less glorious care ; To save the powder from too rude a gale , Nor let the imprisoned essences ...
... less refined , beneath the moon's pale light Pursue the stars that shoot athwart the night , Or suck the mists in ... less pleasing , though less glorious care ; To save the powder from too rude a gale , Nor let the imprisoned essences ...
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... less temptation , betray each other to their children ; thus some place their confidence in the father , and filled with artifices and feuds . " The opinions of children and parents , of the young and the old , are naturally opposite ...
... less temptation , betray each other to their children ; thus some place their confidence in the father , and filled with artifices and feuds . " The opinions of children and parents , of the young and the old , are naturally opposite ...
Contents
THE APPROACH TO ENGLISH LITERATURE | 1 |
THE EARLY PERIOD | 7 |
BEOWULF | 11 |
Copyright | |
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