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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... thought themselves gallant men and I thought them fools . " But it was wholly characteristic of Milton to go his own way . His friend and his father's friend , the musician and composer Henry Lawes , was tutor in music to the family of ...
... thought themselves gallant men and I thought them fools . " But it was wholly characteristic of Milton to go his own way . His friend and his father's friend , the musician and composer Henry Lawes , was tutor in music to the family of ...
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... thought and freedom of the press . The royalists had used the Star Chamber to suppress free- dom of thought . In the three years which had elapsed since the Star Chamber was abolished in 1640 , every man had been free to think and print ...
... thought and freedom of the press . The royalists had used the Star Chamber to suppress free- dom of thought . In the three years which had elapsed since the Star Chamber was abolished in 1640 , every man had been free to think and print ...
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... thought , sheathing it as a sword . At its best , Byron's work has a kind of splendor , a rush and sweep , as of a ... thought has been crystallized into the perfect word — the one word that the thought has been waiting for , the word ...
... thought , sheathing it as a sword . At its best , Byron's work has a kind of splendor , a rush and sweep , as of a ... thought has been crystallized into the perfect word — the one word that the thought has been waiting for , the word ...
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THE BEGINNINGS OF LITERATURE IN ENGLAND | 3 |
CHAUCER AND HIS TIMES | 27 |
27 | 44 |
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