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... whole rather cowed by their ferocious enemies ; and if , as is supposed , Arthur's success gave them a good many years of peace , the feat was quite enough in itself to make his name remembered . But the Celts were what is called a myth ...
... whole rather cowed by their ferocious enemies ; and if , as is supposed , Arthur's success gave them a good many years of peace , the feat was quite enough in itself to make his name remembered . But the Celts were what is called a myth ...
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... whole night long , their high built galleons came , Ship after ship , the whole night long , with ELIZABETHAN PROSE 119.
... whole night long , their high built galleons came , Ship after ship , the whole night long , with ELIZABETHAN PROSE 119.
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... whole series of sonnets more or less related in theme . A few of Spenser's Amoretti ( as he calls his sequence of love - sonnets ) are of high quality ; but as a whole they lack the intensity , the concentration of feeling , which ...
... whole series of sonnets more or less related in theme . A few of Spenser's Amoretti ( as he calls his sequence of love - sonnets ) are of high quality ; but as a whole they lack the intensity , the concentration of feeling , which ...
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THE BEGINNINGS OF LITERATURE IN ENGLAND | 3 |
CHAUCER AND HIS TIMES | 27 |
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