Main Currents of English Literature: A Brief Literary History of the English PeopleF.S. Crofts, 1934 - 526 pages |
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... letter was freed for this familiar , personal contact of mind with mind that the age especially loved . The letters of Steele , Pope , Swift , and Gay are of unusual interest as the familiar utterances of the more famous wits , but ...
... letter was freed for this familiar , personal contact of mind with mind that the age especially loved . The letters of Steele , Pope , Swift , and Gay are of unusual interest as the familiar utterances of the more famous wits , but ...
Page 215
... letter writers was PHILIP STANHOPE , LORD CHESTERFIELD ( 1694-1773 ) . This arbiter of elegance for court circles undertook a series of letters to his illegitimate son in order to lay down the principles which should govern the perfect ...
... letter writers was PHILIP STANHOPE , LORD CHESTERFIELD ( 1694-1773 ) . This arbiter of elegance for court circles undertook a series of letters to his illegitimate son in order to lay down the principles which should govern the perfect ...
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... , 170 , 177 " Letter to Mr. Gifford , " 308 letter writers , 214-215 , 256 , 259 , 309 Letters Concerning Toleration , 163 Letters of a Chinese Official , 431 Letters of Chivalry , 254 Letters of M. B. Drapier , 200 Letters on a INDEX 511.
... , 170 , 177 " Letter to Mr. Gifford , " 308 letter writers , 214-215 , 256 , 259 , 309 Letters Concerning Toleration , 163 Letters of a Chinese Official , 431 Letters of Chivalry , 254 Letters of M. B. Drapier , 200 Letters on a INDEX 511.
Contents
CHAPTER | 3 |
THE MIDDLE ENGLISH PERIOD | 23 |
OLD AND NEW IN Conflict | 224 |
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