A History of English LiteratureHardin Craig Oxford University Press, 1950 - 697 pages |
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Page 143
... gives him a kiss . On the second evening the lord gives Gawain a boar's head ; Gawain gives him two kisses . On the third evening the lord gives Gawain a fox skin ; Gawain gives him three kisses , but he does not give him a green silk ...
... gives him a kiss . On the second evening the lord gives Gawain a boar's head ; Gawain gives him two kisses . On the third evening the lord gives Gawain a fox skin ; Gawain gives him three kisses , but he does not give him a green silk ...
Page 202
... gives occasion for the discussion of the background question of Age vs. Youth . Shakespeare had this discussion in ... give a lover any law ? ' This situation being exhausted , Lyly has Lucilla won away from both friends by one Curio ...
... gives occasion for the discussion of the background question of Age vs. Youth . Shakespeare had this discussion in ... give a lover any law ? ' This situation being exhausted , Lyly has Lucilla won away from both friends by one Curio ...
Page 608
... gives the spiritual history of the aesthetic ' nineties . Returning to the subject of realism , we come at length to the ... give it point . As for his subject matter , it was extremely wide in range , and clearly pertinent to the inter ...
... gives the spiritual history of the aesthetic ' nineties . Returning to the subject of realism , we come at length to the ... give it point . As for his subject matter , it was extremely wide in range , and clearly pertinent to the inter ...
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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