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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Page 519
... thought of themselves as belonging to such pe- riods as the " Age of Chaucer " or the " Age of Eliza- beth . " It is only through the perspective of cen- turies and to the eyes of posterity that " ages , " " schools , " and " spheres of ...
... thought of themselves as belonging to such pe- riods as the " Age of Chaucer " or the " Age of Eliza- beth . " It is only through the perspective of cen- turies and to the eyes of posterity that " ages , " " schools , " and " spheres of ...
Page 537
... thought assisted the process of simplification . Dr. Thomas Sprat in his History of the Royal Society , 1667 , informs us that that society required of its members reports of the results of their researches in " a close , naked ...
... thought assisted the process of simplification . Dr. Thomas Sprat in his History of the Royal Society , 1667 , informs us that that society required of its members reports of the results of their researches in " a close , naked ...
Page 542
... thought can add one cubit unto his stature ? And why take ye thought for raiment ? Consider 20 the lilies of the field , how they grow ; they toil not , And yet I say unto you , That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like ...
... thought can add one cubit unto his stature ? And why take ye thought for raiment ? Consider 20 the lilies of the field , how they grow ; they toil not , And yet I say unto you , That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like ...
Contents
THE APPROACH TO ENGLISH LITERATURE | 1 |
THE EARLY PERIOD | 7 |
BEOWULF | 11 |
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