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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... tried to do without Parliament , and the time of Puritan control when Parliament tried to govern without a king . Neither succeeded , and finally in 1660 , Parliament restored the Stuarts to the throne . The years of James's reign which ...
... tried to do without Parliament , and the time of Puritan control when Parliament tried to govern without a king . Neither succeeded , and finally in 1660 , Parliament restored the Stuarts to the throne . The years of James's reign which ...
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... tried to enforce the ritual ; traditionally an old woman began the struggle by hurling a praying stool at the officiating clergyman in St. Giles church , Edinburgh . To get money to op- pose the Scotch , Charles had to call Parliament ...
... tried to enforce the ritual ; traditionally an old woman began the struggle by hurling a praying stool at the officiating clergyman in St. Giles church , Edinburgh . To get money to op- pose the Scotch , Charles had to call Parliament ...
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... tried to achieve . Further , this classicism implies not merely an imitation of the classics , but also a critical attitude of mind — a dis- taste for freakishness , emotionalism , enthusiasm ( “ en- thusiastic " in this century was a ...
... tried to achieve . Further , this classicism implies not merely an imitation of the classics , but also a critical attitude of mind — a dis- taste for freakishness , emotionalism , enthusiasm ( “ en- thusiastic " in this century was a ...
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THE BACKGROUNDS OF ENGLISH LITERATURE | 3 |
INTRODUCTION | 11 |
Age of Prose In the South | 25 |
Copyright | |
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