A History of English Literature: The Middle Ages and the Renascence (650-1660)Macmillan, 1964 - 1469 pages |
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Page 418
... once had found con- genial . He still wrote of crimes and misfortunes , but his bitter invectives had given way to indulgence and serenity . He had , it is true , lost the light - hearted gaiety of his youth ; where once he had laughed ...
... once had found con- genial . He still wrote of crimes and misfortunes , but his bitter invectives had given way to indulgence and serenity . He had , it is true , lost the light - hearted gaiety of his youth ; where once he had laughed ...
Page 469
... once alive and attractive whom he created more than once , and of whom at least Simon Eyre and Friscobaldo deserve to be models . They are worthy to rank with Shakespeare's people , from whom , however , they are not copied . In the ...
... once alive and attractive whom he created more than once , and of whom at least Simon Eyre and Friscobaldo deserve to be models . They are worthy to rank with Shakespeare's people , from whom , however , they are not copied . In the ...
Page 573
... once had kindled , or perhaps the poet deliberately confined himself to rustic themes in these poems . The conclusion is that he did not yet give himself free scope in English verse . ( c ) HIS MASQUES . ' ARCADES . ' ' COMUS .'- The ...
... once had kindled , or perhaps the poet deliberately confined himself to rustic themes in these poems . The conclusion is that he did not yet give himself free scope in English verse . ( c ) HIS MASQUES . ' ARCADES . ' ' COMUS .'- The ...
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ANGLOSAXON LITERATURE 6501066 | 55 |
THE PREROMANTIC PERIOD 177098 | 98 |
BOOK III | 199 |
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