A Literary History of EnglandLongmans, Green and Company, 1929 - 392 pagina's |
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Pagina 16
... greatest of medieval poets , held that the Catholic Church and the Medieval Empire were both divinely appointed , but that each had trespassed on the province of the other . He denounced with fiery vehemence the unworthy successors of ...
... greatest of medieval poets , held that the Catholic Church and the Medieval Empire were both divinely appointed , but that each had trespassed on the province of the other . He denounced with fiery vehemence the unworthy successors of ...
Pagina 104
... greatest writers certainly did not make either novelty or freedom their primary aim . They studied the laws of verse before they attempted its liberties . Complete mastery of technique gave them con- fidence and skill to reach out ...
... greatest writers certainly did not make either novelty or freedom their primary aim . They studied the laws of verse before they attempted its liberties . Complete mastery of technique gave them con- fidence and skill to reach out ...
Pagina 212
... greatest work was the out- bre..k of the French Revolution . It matters compara- tively little that his attitude to this event was partly deter- mined by imperfect information , by prejudice , and by alarm . The misjudgments count for ...
... greatest work was the out- bre..k of the French Revolution . It matters compara- tively little that his attitude to this event was partly deter- mined by imperfect information , by prejudice , and by alarm . The misjudgments count for ...
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