The Story of English LiteratureThe function of an introduction to English literature is to interest students in the content and spirit of great books and their relation to their times and to one another. |
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... father most encouraged him to study . " When at your cost , dear father , I had mastered the tongue of Romulus 1 The words are Milton's , used in his tract , " The Reason of Church Gov- ernment Urged against Prelaty , ” published in ...
... father most encouraged him to study . " When at your cost , dear father , I had mastered the tongue of Romulus 1 The words are Milton's , used in his tract , " The Reason of Church Gov- ernment Urged against Prelaty , ” published in ...
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... father . But when he was yet a great way off , his father saw him , and had compassion and ran , and fell on his neck , and kissed him . And the son said unto him , Father , I have sinned against heaven and in thy sight , and am no more ...
... father . But when he was yet a great way off , his father saw him , and had compassion and ran , and fell on his neck , and kissed him . And the son said unto him , Father , I have sinned against heaven and in thy sight , and am no more ...
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... father was a gardener . Burns drew a picture of him in “ The Cotter's Saturday Night " — The toil - worn Cotter frae his labour goes , This night his weekly moil is at an end , Collects his spades , his mattocks , and his hoes , Hoping ...
... father was a gardener . Burns drew a picture of him in “ The Cotter's Saturday Night " — The toil - worn Cotter frae his labour goes , This night his weekly moil is at an end , Collects his spades , his mattocks , and his hoes , Hoping ...
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THE BEGINNINGS OF LITERATURE IN ENGLAND | 3 |
CHAUCER AND HIS TIMES | 27 |
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