British Writers: William Langland to the English Bible, Volumes 1-8This collection of critical essays covers hundreds of writers who have made significant contributions to British, Irish, and Commonwealth literature from the 14th century to the present day. The contributors analyze many individual works and engage the reader withtheir distinctive themes and stylistic. Introductory essays and chronological tables open each volume and provide historical background. |
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Page 32
... perhaps the most moving of all , as Stella was dying in 1727 ( " Stella's Birthday , March 13 , 1727 " ) : This Day whate'er the fates decree , Shall still be kept with Joy by me : This Day then , let us not be told , That you are sick ...
... perhaps the most moving of all , as Stella was dying in 1727 ( " Stella's Birthday , March 13 , 1727 " ) : This Day whate'er the fates decree , Shall still be kept with Joy by me : This Day then , let us not be told , That you are sick ...
Page 138
... perhaps for some of the opening lines , it was written at a considerably later date and probably over a long stretch of time - that it was , in fact , an example of " emotion recollected in tranquillity . " At the end of 1742 , Gray ...
... perhaps for some of the opening lines , it was written at a considerably later date and probably over a long stretch of time - that it was , in fact , an example of " emotion recollected in tranquillity . " At the end of 1742 , Gray ...
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... perhaps the elements in the play that are most of their own time and alien to twentieth - century audiences . Yet , shorn of its period language and attitudes , the play is an exaggerated but recognizable comment on that adolescent ...
... perhaps the elements in the play that are most of their own time and alien to twentieth - century audiences . Yet , shorn of its period language and attitudes , the play is an exaggerated but recognizable comment on that adolescent ...
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