A Literary History of EnglandLongmans, Green and Company, 1929 - 392 pagina's |
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Pagina 21
... passed its limit . " III Our knowledge of the life of Geoffrey Chaucer is some- what meagre . He was born about 1340 , in the middle . class of society . He was appointed one of the " valets " of the king's household ; and it is thus ...
... passed its limit . " III Our knowledge of the life of Geoffrey Chaucer is some- what meagre . He was born about 1340 , in the middle . class of society . He was appointed one of the " valets " of the king's household ; and it is thus ...
Pagina 225
... strongly attracted by his imagina- tive boldness and mystical vision . His uneventful life passed between London and Sussex , is meaningless as a clue to his work , for to Blake most of 225 Q EIGHTEENTH CENTURY : LATER POETS.
... strongly attracted by his imagina- tive boldness and mystical vision . His uneventful life passed between London and Sussex , is meaningless as a clue to his work , for to Blake most of 225 Q EIGHTEENTH CENTURY : LATER POETS.
Pagina 297
... passed in teaching and miscellaneous writing it was years before he found his true vocation . His essays , written ... passing by , and Carlyle was beginning almost to think himself a failure , when at last he 297 THE VICTORIAN AGE.
... passed in teaching and miscellaneous writing it was years before he found his true vocation . His essays , written ... passing by , and Carlyle was beginning almost to think himself a failure , when at last he 297 THE VICTORIAN AGE.
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