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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... queen would not wed him ; then was Sir Launcelot wroth out of measure , and said to his kinsmen : " Alas , that double traitor Sir Mordred , now me repenteth that ever he escaped my hands , for much shame hath he done unto my lord ...
... queen would not wed him ; then was Sir Launcelot wroth out of measure , and said to his kinsmen : " Alas , that double traitor Sir Mordred , now me repenteth that ever he escaped my hands , for much shame hath he done unto my lord ...
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... queen said in hear- ing of them all : " I beseech Almighty God that I may never have power to see Sir Launcelot with my worldly eyes . " And thus , said all the ladies , was ever her prayer these two days , till she was dead . mass was ...
... queen said in hear- ing of them all : " I beseech Almighty God that I may never have power to see Sir Launcelot with my worldly eyes . " And thus , said all the ladies , was ever her prayer these two days , till she was dead . mass was ...
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... Queen . Thus , before the opening of the poem , Prince Arthur has seen Gloriana in a vision and , stricken by her beauty , has resolved to seek her in Faeryland . As it happens , each year the Faerie Queen holds in her court a great ...
... Queen . Thus , before the opening of the poem , Prince Arthur has seen Gloriana in a vision and , stricken by her beauty , has resolved to seek her in Faeryland . As it happens , each year the Faerie Queen holds in her court a great ...
Contents
THE APPROACH TO ENGLISH LITERATURE | 1 |
THE EARLY PERIOD | 7 |
Mother Badger | 16 |
Copyright | |
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