A Critical History of English Literature. -, Volume 2Ronald Press Company, 1960 - English literature |
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... Language : in which the Words are deduced from their Originals , and Illustrated in their different Significations was not a pioneer work - Nathaniel Bailey's Universal Etymological English Dictionary appeared in 1721 - but it was the ...
... Language : in which the Words are deduced from their Originals , and Illustrated in their different Significations was not a pioneer work - Nathaniel Bailey's Universal Etymological English Dictionary appeared in 1721 - but it was the ...
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... language . In 1800 Wordsworth wrote the famous Preface in which he developed his view of the nature of the poetic process , the origin and purpose of poetry , and the language most suitable for it . He also explained exactly what he was ...
... language . In 1800 Wordsworth wrote the famous Preface in which he developed his view of the nature of the poetic process , the origin and purpose of poetry , and the language most suitable for it . He also explained exactly what he was ...
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... language to judge it , language , too , which is in our mouths every day . Men have got such a habit of giving to the language of religion a special application , of making it a mere jargon , that for the condemnation which religion ...
... language to judge it , language , too , which is in our mouths every day . Men have got such a habit of giving to the language of religion a special application , of making it a mere jargon , that for the condemnation which religion ...
Contents
CHAPTER | 537 |
POETRY FROM THOMSON TO CRABBE | 590 |
THE NOVEL FROM RICHARDSON TO JANE AUSTEN | 700 |
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