English Literature in Fact & Story: Being a Brief Account of Its Writers & Their Backgrounds, Matters Very Necessary to be Known by the Gentle Reader of Polite Letters. To which are Added for His Greater Edification Many Amusing & Famous Anecdotes and Much Other Illustrative Material with Maps, Charts, & PicturesCentury Company, 1929 - 505 pagina's |
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Pagina 156
... common to cul- tivated men , those , that is , of society and of city life . Na- ture was largely foreign to them , and country life and the life of the poor in cities were considered " low . " More- over , since concrete words arouse ...
... common to cul- tivated men , those , that is , of society and of city life . Na- ture was largely foreign to them , and country life and the life of the poor in cities were considered " low . " More- over , since concrete words arouse ...
Pagina 158
... common . Now the demand for agricultural products and the rise in the value of land , due to the great increase in population , led to re- clamation of the wastes , enclosures by walls and hedges — which changed the face of England ...
... common . Now the demand for agricultural products and the rise in the value of land , due to the great increase in population , led to re- clamation of the wastes , enclosures by walls and hedges — which changed the face of England ...
Pagina 431
... Common variations in the iambic pentameter line are the following ( " Cóld was the wind ; || frósty | thě shím- | měring light , " illustrates some of them ) : a . A trochee at the beginning of the line or after the cæsura ( Cold was ...
... Common variations in the iambic pentameter line are the following ( " Cóld was the wind ; || frósty | thě shím- | měring light , " illustrates some of them ) : a . A trochee at the beginning of the line or after the cæsura ( Cold was ...
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THE BACKGROUNDS OF ENGLISH LITERATURE | 3 |
INTRODUCTION | 11 |
Age of Prose In the South | 25 |
Copyright | |
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