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... matter and in its reachings after style , it is full of interest . There is , for example , a deal of wonderfully good reading to be found in the accounts of Elizabethan voyages . Rich- ard Hakluyt's collection of Principal Navigations ...
... matter and in its reachings after style , it is full of interest . There is , for example , a deal of wonderfully good reading to be found in the accounts of Elizabethan voyages . Rich- ard Hakluyt's collection of Principal Navigations ...
Page 137
... matters which Sidney discusses have now only an historical interest ; but as a mirror of the man whom his ... matter ) grew great masters of wit and language , and in whom all vigor of invention and strength of judgment met ...
... matters which Sidney discusses have now only an historical interest ; but as a mirror of the man whom his ... matter ) grew great masters of wit and language , and in whom all vigor of invention and strength of judgment met ...
Page 138
... matter itself requireth , howsoever the nice humour of some be therewith pleased or no . . . . And if any complain of obscurity , they must con- sider that in these matters it cometh no otherwise to pass than in sundry the works both of ...
... matter itself requireth , howsoever the nice humour of some be therewith pleased or no . . . . And if any complain of obscurity , they must con- sider that in these matters it cometh no otherwise to pass than in sundry the works both of ...
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THE BEGINNINGS OF LITERATURE IN ENGLAND | 3 |
CHAUCER AND HIS TIMES | 27 |
27 | 44 |
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