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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... mind ; Then her arms enlarged , 110 Loath she him discharged , Forth he went as swift as wind . 120 Thetis Phoebus ' steeds In the west retained ; Hunting sport was past , Love her love did seek ; Sight of him too soon , Gentle queen ...
... mind ; Then her arms enlarged , 110 Loath she him discharged , Forth he went as swift as wind . 120 Thetis Phoebus ' steeds In the west retained ; Hunting sport was past , Love her love did seek ; Sight of him too soon , Gentle queen ...
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... minds . In trying to understand this veneration for the ancient classical past we ought to keep in mind the influence of the English school curriculum and the effect of that severely restricted diet upon which al- most every leading mind ...
... minds . In trying to understand this veneration for the ancient classical past we ought to keep in mind the influence of the English school curriculum and the effect of that severely restricted diet upon which al- most every leading mind ...
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... mind dances from scene to scene , unites all pleasures in all combinations , and riots in delights , which nature and fortune , with all their bounty , cannot bestow . " In time , some particular train of ideas fixes the attention , all ...
... mind dances from scene to scene , unites all pleasures in all combinations , and riots in delights , which nature and fortune , with all their bounty , cannot bestow . " In time , some particular train of ideas fixes the attention , all ...
Contents
THE APPROACH TO ENGLISH LITERATURE | 1 |
THE EARLY PERIOD | 7 |
BEOWULF | 11 |
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