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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... light ; Such beams they yield as know no means to die , Such heat they cast as lifts the spirit high . THE MAN OF LIFE UPRIGHT The man of life upright , Whose guiltless heart is free From all dishonest deeds , Or thought of vanity ; The ...
... light ; Such beams they yield as know no means to die , Such heat they cast as lifts the spirit high . THE MAN OF LIFE UPRIGHT The man of life upright , Whose guiltless heart is free From all dishonest deeds , Or thought of vanity ; The ...
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... light of the sense : the last was the light of reason : and his sabbath work ever since , is the illumination of his Spirit . First , he breathed light upon the face of the matter , or chaos ; then he breathed light into the face of man ...
... light of the sense : the last was the light of reason : and his sabbath work ever since , is the illumination of his Spirit . First , he breathed light upon the face of the matter , or chaos ; then he breathed light into the face of man ...
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... light , which we carry to great distance , and make so sharp , as to discern small points and lines . Also all colourations of light ; all delusions and deceits of the sight , in figures , magni- tudes , motions , colours ; all ...
... light , which we carry to great distance , and make so sharp , as to discern small points and lines . Also all colourations of light ; all delusions and deceits of the sight , in figures , magni- tudes , motions , colours ; all ...
Contents
THE APPROACH TO ENGLISH LITERATURE | 1 |
THE EARLY PERIOD | 7 |
BEOWULF | 11 |
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