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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Page 162
... mind — as in the lines by Sidney's friend , Sir Edward Dyer : My mind to me a kingdom is , Such present joys therein I find , That it excells all other bliss That earth affords or grows by kind : Though much I want which most would have ...
... mind — as in the lines by Sidney's friend , Sir Edward Dyer : My mind to me a kingdom is , Such present joys therein I find , That it excells all other bliss That earth affords or grows by kind : Though much I want which most would have ...
Page 333
... mind . " My dear friend , " he said to Boswell one day , " clear your mind of cant . You may talk as other people do : you may say to a man , ' Sir , I am your most humble servant . ' You are not his most humble servant . You may say ...
... mind . " My dear friend , " he said to Boswell one day , " clear your mind of cant . You may talk as other people do : you may say to a man , ' Sir , I am your most humble servant . ' You are not his most humble servant . You may say ...
Page 524
... mind from its dull lethargy to a human love these things take us beneath the surface of life to its very essence . No romantic plot , no brave adventure , is required to make Silas Marner interesting . " Depend upon it , " wrote George ...
... mind from its dull lethargy to a human love these things take us beneath the surface of life to its very essence . No romantic plot , no brave adventure , is required to make Silas Marner interesting . " Depend upon it , " wrote George ...
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THE BEGINNINGS OF LITERATURE IN ENGLAND | 3 |
CHAUCER AND HIS TIMES | 27 |
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