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 xiv
... never existed as men , they do exist as figures in books , and as such are talked about and written about more than a good many human beings . Some of Shakespeare's and Dickens's characters are more in men's mouths and minds than , say ...
... never existed as men , they do exist as figures in books , and as such are talked about and written about more than a good many human beings . Some of Shakespeare's and Dickens's characters are more in men's mouths and minds than , say ...
Pagina 194
... never let Swift be made a bishop . Temple died in 1699 before succeeding in getting II : 32-43 . Swift satisfactory preferment , and Swift went to a small church near Dublin . This was his official home until 1713 , but he spent much ...
... never let Swift be made a bishop . Temple died in 1699 before succeeding in getting II : 32-43 . Swift satisfactory preferment , and Swift went to a small church near Dublin . This was his official home until 1713 , but he spent much ...
Pagina 293
... never written , to form his great work , The Recluse . He continued to write a great deal , but little of his poetry com- posed after 1814 is much thought of . Many visitors came to see him . To them he gave the impression of a stiff ...
... never written , to form his great work , The Recluse . He continued to write a great deal , but little of his poetry com- posed after 1814 is much thought of . Many visitors came to see him . To them he gave the impression of a stiff ...
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THE BACKGROUNDS OF ENGLISH LITERATURE | 3 |
INTRODUCTION | 11 |
Age of Prose In the South | 25 |
Copyright | |
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