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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... once better . A certain pious man was also diseased and lay near death , despaired of by his friends . One of them had a holy loaf , which the happy man had After these words an assembly was held , and Egfrith sat in it , and Theodore ...
... once better . A certain pious man was also diseased and lay near death , despaired of by his friends . One of them had a holy loaf , which the happy man had After these words an assembly was held , and Egfrith sat in it , and Theodore ...
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... once : " Sir King , you have business with this man : take him to guard your land . No man shall harm it , for he is the fairest Ailmar rode along the Sture , and Horn lay in the bower . Fikenild was envious and said this foolish thing ...
... once : " Sir King , you have business with this man : take him to guard your land . No man shall harm it , for he is the fairest Ailmar rode along the Sture , and Horn lay in the bower . Fikenild was envious and said this foolish thing ...
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... once that he does not attack indi- vidual persons , or even particular follies and vices , but mankind in general . His , we are told , is a " uni- versal satire . " " I have ever hated all nations , pro- fessions , and communities ...
... once that he does not attack indi- vidual persons , or even particular follies and vices , but mankind in general . His , we are told , is a " uni- versal satire . " " I have ever hated all nations , pro- fessions , and communities ...
Contents
THE APPROACH TO ENGLISH LITERATURE | 1 |
THE EARLY PERIOD | 7 |
Mother Badger | 16 |
Copyright | |
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