A Hand-book of English Literature Intended for the Use of High Schools, as Well as a Companion and Guide for Private Students, and for General ReadersLee & Shepard, 1871 - 608 pages |
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Page vii
... thought . The extracts are arranged in chronological order , so as to show the development of the language ; but it will be found convenient in schools , in the first reading , to follow an order similar to that marked out in the ...
... thought . The extracts are arranged in chronological order , so as to show the development of the language ; but it will be found convenient in schools , in the first reading , to follow an order similar to that marked out in the ...
Page xvi
... thought of our race . These changes are not due in any great degree to the influence of authors , no matter how popular they may be . No poet , historian , or essayist is equal to the task of ingrafting half a dozen new words that shall ...
... thought of our race . These changes are not due in any great degree to the influence of authors , no matter how popular they may be . No poet , historian , or essayist is equal to the task of ingrafting half a dozen new words that shall ...
Page xviii
... thought has turned our attention somewhat from the original end in view . Let us return to the subject of style as ... thoughts . The scholar that knows the precise meaning of words , and their associations in the pages of the best ...
... thought has turned our attention somewhat from the original end in view . Let us return to the subject of style as ... thoughts . The scholar that knows the precise meaning of words , and their associations in the pages of the best ...
Page xxi
... thought . There is , then , no absolute standard of style , except that of adapta- tion to the end in view . BIOGRAPHICAL AND LITERARY SUMMARY . The selections in the present volume begin with Chaucer . The language and literature of ...
... thought . There is , then , no absolute standard of style , except that of adapta- tion to the end in view . BIOGRAPHICAL AND LITERARY SUMMARY . The selections in the present volume begin with Chaucer . The language and literature of ...
Page xxiii
... thought expedient , therefore , to divide the list in what seems a natural way . Commencing with Chaucer , the student will find the principal authors that flourished until the birth of Spenser . From this second great poet the period ...
... thought expedient , therefore , to divide the list in what seems a natural way . Commencing with Chaucer , the student will find the principal authors that flourished until the birth of Spenser . From this second great poet the period ...
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