A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged from Sir John Mandeville to William Cowper : Consisting of Biographical Sketches of the Authors, Selections from Their Works, with Notes ... : Designed as a Text-book for the Highest Classes in Schools and for Junior Classes in Colleges, as Well as for Private ReadingE.C. & J. Biddle, 1852 - 776 pagina's |
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Pagina 6
... style of unusual beauty ; so that , I believe , scarcely any book has been offered to the public at so moderate a price , if the amount of reading matter and the style of mechanical execu- tion be taken into view PHILADELPHIA ...
... style of unusual beauty ; so that , I believe , scarcely any book has been offered to the public at so moderate a price , if the amount of reading matter and the style of mechanical execu- tion be taken into view PHILADELPHIA ...
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... style of poetical feeling uncommon not only in that but many subsequent ages , and has been quoted with high praise by the most distinguished Scottish historians and critics . " A ! fredome is a nobill thing ! Fredome mayse man to haiff ...
... style of poetical feeling uncommon not only in that but many subsequent ages , and has been quoted with high praise by the most distinguished Scottish historians and critics . " A ! fredome is a nobill thing ! Fredome mayse man to haiff ...
Pagina 33
... style . Two of the Canterbury Tales , the Tale of Melibeus and the Parson's Tale , are in prose , but his longest unversified production is his Testament of Love , written to defend his character from the imputations cast on it by his ...
... style . Two of the Canterbury Tales , the Tale of Melibeus and the Parson's Tale , are in prose , but his longest unversified production is his Testament of Love , written to defend his character from the imputations cast on it by his ...
Pagina 34
... style . In these respects he resembled Chaucer , but he has little of his spirit , imagination , or elegance . His language is tolerably perspicuous , and his versification often harmonious , but his poetry is of a grave and sententious ...
... style . In these respects he resembled Chaucer , but he has little of his spirit , imagination , or elegance . His language is tolerably perspicuous , and his versification often harmonious , but his poetry is of a grave and sententious ...
Pagina 54
... style and accuracy ; and our present version has very closely followed it through- out . To use the words of a profound modern scholar , 1 " It is astonishing how little obsolete the language of it is , even at this day ; and , in point ...
... style and accuracy ; and our present version has very closely followed it through- out . To use the words of a profound modern scholar , 1 " It is astonishing how little obsolete the language of it is , even at this day ; and , in point ...
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