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Pagina 124
... usually accepted day . His father was a yeoman of prominence in the town , becoming high bailiff ( i . e . , mayor ) when his son was four years old . As such he had a right to be called gentleman and applied for a coat of arms , but ...
... usually accepted day . His father was a yeoman of prominence in the town , becoming high bailiff ( i . e . , mayor ) when his son was four years old . As such he had a right to be called gentleman and applied for a coat of arms , but ...
Pagina 429
... usually restricted to mean those compositions which possess a general and permanent interest . This permanence of appeal is usually due to an attractiveness of form and an imaginative power not found in merely informative books . 2 ...
... usually restricted to mean those compositions which possess a general and permanent interest . This permanence of appeal is usually due to an attractiveness of form and an imaginative power not found in merely informative books . 2 ...
Pagina 463
... usually circle about , observers could , by stationing themselves at a favorable point , see a good deal of the hunt without covering much ground . Foxes , on the contrary , go in the direction the wind is blowing . They are pursued ...
... usually circle about , observers could , by stationing themselves at a favorable point , see a good deal of the hunt without covering much ground . Foxes , on the contrary , go in the direction the wind is blowing . They are pursued ...
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THE BACKGROUNDS OF ENGLISH LITERATURE | 3 |
INTRODUCTION | 11 |
VERSE | 15 |
Copyright | |
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