Main Currents of English Literature: A Brief Literary History of the English PeopleF.S. Crofts, 1934 - 526 pages |
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... sentiment of chivalry . The hideous monsters of the Teutons , vague shapes gray and gloomy , became the charming dragons of the days of knight- errantry . Enchanters and magicians , and Saracens , or " paynims , " were all inextricably ...
... sentiment of chivalry . The hideous monsters of the Teutons , vague shapes gray and gloomy , became the charming dragons of the days of knight- errantry . Enchanters and magicians , and Saracens , or " paynims , " were all inextricably ...
Page 213
... sentiment and morality . Young Bevil is anxious not to offend his father , but his every thought is for Indiana ; he refuses to fight a duel , not from cowardice , but as a matter of principle . In The Conscious Lovers , says Parson ...
... sentiment and morality . Young Bevil is anxious not to offend his father , but his every thought is for Indiana ; he refuses to fight a duel , not from cowardice , but as a matter of principle . In The Conscious Lovers , says Parson ...
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... sentiment for common humanity and the new interest in nature which were slowly entering English poetry . An ideal portrayal of a village community , " Sweet Auburn , loveliest village of the plain , " it is in effect a series of descrip ...
... sentiment for common humanity and the new interest in nature which were slowly entering English poetry . An ideal portrayal of a village community , " Sweet Auburn , loveliest village of the plain , " it is in effect a series of descrip ...
Contents
CHAPTER | 3 |
THE MIDDLE ENGLISH PERIOD | 23 |
OLD AND NEW IN Conflict | 224 |
Copyright | |
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