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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... live not longer of the times . He realizes that writing in Latin would be " more honest " for his name , but writing in English will further " the pleasure or commodity of the gentlemen and yeomen of England , " and will also set the ...
... live not longer of the times . He realizes that writing in Latin would be " more honest " for his name , but writing in English will further " the pleasure or commodity of the gentlemen and yeomen of England , " and will also set the ...
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... live at ease , and do nothing , live in hon- our , in all manner of pleasures , and oppress others , whenas in the meantime a poor labourer , a smith , a carpenter , an husbandman that hath spent his time in continual labour , as an ass ...
... live at ease , and do nothing , live in hon- our , in all manner of pleasures , and oppress others , whenas in the meantime a poor labourer , a smith , a carpenter , an husbandman that hath spent his time in continual labour , as an ass ...
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... live according to nature . " " When I find young men so humble and so 20 docile , " said the philosopher , " I can deny them no information which my studies have enabled me to afford . To live according to nature , is to act always with ...
... live according to nature . " " When I find young men so humble and so 20 docile , " said the philosopher , " I can deny them no information which my studies have enabled me to afford . To live according to nature , is to act always with ...
Contents
THE APPROACH TO ENGLISH LITERATURE | 1 |
THE EARLY PERIOD | 7 |
BEOWULF | 11 |
Copyright | |
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