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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... sense of form , it had borrowed that form from the Latin . The two principles of Latin sentence structure which were beginning to work their way into English were , first the " balancing " of phrases and clauses most closely related in ...
... sense of form , it had borrowed that form from the Latin . The two principles of Latin sentence structure which were beginning to work their way into English were , first the " balancing " of phrases and clauses most closely related in ...
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... sense - perceptions , the " fallacies " in which they are involved , and to find words in which to express them : In this low form , poor soul , what wilt thou do ? When wilt thou shake off this pedantry Of being taught by sense and ...
... sense - perceptions , the " fallacies " in which they are involved , and to find words in which to express them : In this low form , poor soul , what wilt thou do ? When wilt thou shake off this pedantry Of being taught by sense and ...
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... sense ' Burns's " critic - sense " was highly developed -but they spring so naturally and flow so freely from the moment's mood that they seem as artless as bird - song . My love is like a red red rose That's newly sprung in June : My ...
... sense ' Burns's " critic - sense " was highly developed -but they spring so naturally and flow so freely from the moment's mood that they seem as artless as bird - song . My love is like a red red rose That's newly sprung in June : My ...
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THE BEGINNINGS OF LITERATURE IN ENGLAND | 3 |
CHAUCER AND HIS TIMES | 27 |
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