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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... story and narrative . And he remembered all that he could learn by hearing , and , as it were a pure animal ruminating , changed it into the sweet- est song . And his song and his poetry were so pleasant to hear that his teachers ...
... story and narrative . And he remembered all that he could learn by hearing , and , as it were a pure animal ruminating , changed it into the sweet- est song . And his song and his poetry were so pleasant to hear that his teachers ...
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... story of the Temptation is also common , but it was the author of the lost French poem which lies directly behind our romance who first united the two . We must not , however , think of the Temptation as something put into the story in ...
... story of the Temptation is also common , but it was the author of the lost French poem which lies directly behind our romance who first united the two . We must not , however , think of the Temptation as something put into the story in ...
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... story , for although it did not exceed in length most modern short stories , it frequently contained a more complex and elaborate plot than is nowadays customary . The writers of novelle usu- ally summarized a considerable portion of ...
... story , for although it did not exceed in length most modern short stories , it frequently contained a more complex and elaborate plot than is nowadays customary . The writers of novelle usu- ally summarized a considerable portion of ...
Contents
THE APPROACH TO ENGLISH LITERATURE | 1 |
THE EARLY PERIOD | 7 |
Mother Badger | 16 |
Copyright | |
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