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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... various classes of farmers and la- borers . At first there were but few freemen . Most of the inhabi- tants of the villages were villeins , bound to the soil ; that is , they were sold with it when it was sold , and not permitted to ...
... various classes of farmers and la- borers . At first there were but few freemen . Most of the inhabi- tants of the villages were villeins , bound to the soil ; that is , they were sold with it when it was sold , and not permitted to ...
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... various trades ; some became beggars and criminals who infested the highways and the streets of the cities ; a large num- ber sank into hopeless pauperism . But the village life , for all these changes , still remained vigorous with its ...
... various trades ; some became beggars and criminals who infested the highways and the streets of the cities ; a large num- ber sank into hopeless pauperism . But the village life , for all these changes , still remained vigorous with its ...
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... various volumes ( 1852 , 1853 in- cluding " Sohrab and Rustum " and " The Scholar Gypsy ; " 1855 , 1858 ) . Much of this poetry expresses a mood of melancholy , re- gret , and disillusion . Under the stress of modern ideas , old con ...
... various volumes ( 1852 , 1853 in- cluding " Sohrab and Rustum " and " The Scholar Gypsy ; " 1855 , 1858 ) . Much of this poetry expresses a mood of melancholy , re- gret , and disillusion . Under the stress of modern ideas , old con ...
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THE BACKGROUNDS OF ENGLISH LITERATURE | 3 |
INTRODUCTION | 11 |
Age of Prose In the South | 25 |
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