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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... matter . Jean Bodel , who died about 1210 , said that the stories which people generally read deal with three matters : the matter of France , the matter of Britain , and the matter of Rome the Great . The matter of France contains the ...
... matter . Jean Bodel , who died about 1210 , said that the stories which people generally read deal with three matters : the matter of France , the matter of Britain , and the matter of Rome the Great . The matter of France contains the ...
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... matter . " Think now of the shape of man , which may be called a little world , in whom every parcel of his toucheth , and most of all , if the body , where she dwelleth , be not of so vile a matter that she cannot imprint in it her ...
... matter . " Think now of the shape of man , which may be called a little world , in whom every parcel of his toucheth , and most of all , if the body , where she dwelleth , be not of so vile a matter that she cannot imprint in it her ...
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... matter . " It was never supposed that cogitation is in- herent in matter , or that every particle is a thinking being . Yet , if any part of matter be devoid of thought , what part can we suppose to think ? Matter can differ from matter ...
... matter . " It was never supposed that cogitation is in- herent in matter , or that every particle is a thinking being . Yet , if any part of matter be devoid of thought , what part can we suppose to think ? Matter can differ from matter ...
Contents
THE APPROACH TO ENGLISH LITERATURE | 1 |
THE EARLY PERIOD | 7 |
BEOWULF | 11 |
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