A History of English LiteratureHardin Craig Oxford University Press, 1950 - 697 pages |
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... London stage that opened his prosperous career . But Johnson drudged for twenty - five years before his worries were eased . The poverty and privation of his early years in London are revealed to some extent in his biography of Richard ...
... London stage that opened his prosperous career . But Johnson drudged for twenty - five years before his worries were eased . The poverty and privation of his early years in London are revealed to some extent in his biography of Richard ...
Page 423
... London some weeks later he had effected a firm and lasting friendship . Boswell had made his greatest , though by no means his most difficult , conquest . After this visit to London , Boswell proceeded to the Continent , where his ...
... London some weeks later he had effected a firm and lasting friendship . Boswell had made his greatest , though by no means his most difficult , conquest . After this visit to London , Boswell proceeded to the Continent , where his ...
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... London , 419 London Gazette , The , 371 London Lickpenny , 165 London Magazine , 492 , 497 London Merchant , The , 398 Longfellow , Henry Wadsworth , 83 Longsword , William , 49 Lope de Vega , 289 Lord Jim , 615 Lord John Russell , 523 ...
... London , 419 London Gazette , The , 371 London Lickpenny , 165 London Magazine , 492 , 497 London Merchant , The , 398 Longfellow , Henry Wadsworth , 83 Longsword , William , 49 Lope de Vega , 289 Lord Jim , 615 Lord John Russell , 523 ...
Contents
THE LITERATURE OF THE OLD ENGLISH PERIOD 1 The Temper of the Middle Ages | 3 |
The AngloSaxons | 5 |
Some Fundamental Facts Relating to Old English Literature | 8 |
Copyright | |
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