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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... wife at Usher's Well , And a wealthy wife was she ; She had three stout and stalwart sons , And sent them oer the sea . They hadna been a week from her , A week but barely ane , Whan word came to the carline wife That her three sons ...
... wife at Usher's Well , And a wealthy wife was she ; She had three stout and stalwart sons , And sent them oer the sea . They hadna been a week from her , A week but barely ane , Whan word came to the carline wife That her three sons ...
Page 244
... Wife . Com thay or he be slayn and here the shepe blete ! Mak . Then myght I be tane , that were a cold swette ! Go spar The gaytt - doore . Wife . Yis , Mak , Ffor and thay com at thy bak , - [ MAK goes home . Mak . Then myght I by ...
... Wife . Com thay or he be slayn and here the shepe blete ! Mak . Then myght I be tane , that were a cold swette ! Go spar The gaytt - doore . Wife . Yis , Mak , Ffor and thay com at thy bak , - [ MAK goes home . Mak . Then myght I by ...
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... Wife's Complaint , The , 12 Wife , Now a Widow , A , 573 Wife of Bath's Tale , The , 171 , 227 Wife of Usher's Well , The , 232 Wife , The , 573 Wilberforce , 782 Wilde , Oscar , Malory compared with , 250 Wild Gallant , The , 725 ...
... Wife's Complaint , The , 12 Wife , Now a Widow , A , 573 Wife of Bath's Tale , The , 171 , 227 Wife of Usher's Well , The , 232 Wife , The , 573 Wilberforce , 782 Wilde , Oscar , Malory compared with , 250 Wild Gallant , The , 725 ...
Contents
THE APPROACH TO ENGLISH LITERATURE | 1 |
THE EARLY PERIOD | 7 |
BEOWULF | 11 |
Copyright | |
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