Readings in English and American LiteratureF. S. Crofts & Company, 1945 - 687 pages |
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Page 63
... fall of man . This subject had been chosen by European poets frequently and was generally popular in the continental literatures . Milton may have known some of these works but was not greatly influenced by them except in his choice of ...
... fall of man . This subject had been chosen by European poets frequently and was generally popular in the continental literatures . Milton may have known some of these works but was not greatly influenced by them except in his choice of ...
Page 220
... FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE CHAPTER IX THE STATE OF GERMANY TILL THE INVASION OF THE BARBARIANS , IN THE TIME OF THE EMPEROR DECIUS The idea of writing The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire came to him one day in October , 1764 , while ...
... FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE CHAPTER IX THE STATE OF GERMANY TILL THE INVASION OF THE BARBARIANS , IN THE TIME OF THE EMPEROR DECIUS The idea of writing The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire came to him one day in October , 1764 , while ...
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... fall , And thought of the leaden sky That arched o'er our first great sorrow , When that mound was heaped so high . For she was jes ' the quiet kind Whose naturs never vary , I remembered the gradual patience That fell from that cloud ...
... fall , And thought of the leaden sky That arched o'er our first great sorrow , When that mound was heaped so high . For she was jes ' the quiet kind Whose naturs never vary , I remembered the gradual patience That fell from that cloud ...
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