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... readers the news of the day , with a short essay that took up only a small portion of the space . But Steele was so eager to put his ideals before his readers that very soon this essay became the most important item in the paper . He ...
... readers the news of the day , with a short essay that took up only a small portion of the space . But Steele was so eager to put his ideals before his readers that very soon this essay became the most important item in the paper . He ...
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From Beowulf to Bernard Shaw Amy Cruse. matters , and the readers of The London Magazine turned eagerly to these for guidance in their general reading . There never was such a critic as Charles Lamb . " No one , " says Hazlitt , " will ...
From Beowulf to Bernard Shaw Amy Cruse. matters , and the readers of The London Magazine turned eagerly to these for guidance in their general reading . There never was such a critic as Charles Lamb . " No one , " says Hazlitt , " will ...
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... readers found it then - as most readers still find it - hopelessly obscure . Browning himself , in later life , spoke of it as " quite unintelligible . " To the general public it seemed like another Sartor Resartus , made even more ...
... readers found it then - as most readers still find it - hopelessly obscure . Browning himself , in later life , spoke of it as " quite unintelligible . " To the general public it seemed like another Sartor Resartus , made even more ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE I THE LAYS OF THE FIGHTINGMEN | 13 |
THE SINGERS OF THE CHURCH | 26 |
THE MONKS AND THEIR BOOKS | 32 |
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