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, 1942 |
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Page 222
... means of action , simply stated , and dialogue , tersely expressed . The amount of dia- logue in the ballads and the effect of drama which it arouses is worthy of notice . Above all else , per- haps , the narrative advances impersonally ...
... means of action , simply stated , and dialogue , tersely expressed . The amount of dia- logue in the ballads and the effect of drama which it arouses is worthy of notice . Above all else , per- haps , the narrative advances impersonally ...
Page 554
... means yet unknown to you , of producing of light , originally from divers bodies . We procure means of seeing objects afar off , as in the heaven and remote places ; and represent things near as afar off , and things afar off as near ...
... means yet unknown to you , of producing of light , originally from divers bodies . We procure means of seeing objects afar off , as in the heaven and remote places ; and represent things near as afar off , and things afar off as near ...
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... means lost the pleasure of the play wholly , to which now and then Sir Charles Sedley's exceptions against both ... means setting his brains at work to find out who she was , and did give him leave to use all means to find out who she ...
... means lost the pleasure of the play wholly , to which now and then Sir Charles Sedley's exceptions against both ... means setting his brains at work to find out who she was , and did give him leave to use all means to find out who she ...
Contents
THE APPROACH TO ENGLISH LITERATURE | 1 |
THE EARLY PERIOD | 7 |
Mother Badger | 16 |
Copyright | |
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