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Sketches of English Literature, From the Fourteenth to the Present Century (Classic Reprint)

Author : Clara Lucas Balfour
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780364001424
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book Sketches of English Literature, From the Fourteenth to the Present Century (Classic Reprint) written by Clara Lucas Balfour and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-06 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Sketches of English Literature, From the Fourteenth to the Present Century Nothing could appear more strange than the rusty iron chains hanging so thickly from the shelves it seemed the prison rather than the home of the books. And this in olden times was the town library I It is probable that Wimborne was honoured above most towns of its size, not only by having its noble Minster, but by its pos sessing a public library of any kind. It is true that even from the early part of the sixteenth century it had a great advantage in its admirable school, which was founded by the illustrious Mar garet Beaufort, the mother of Henry VIL, awoman who was deservedly called the Mother of the Stu dents of the Universities And the probability is, that the townspeople, as books slowly increased, were tolerably competent to understand, and likely to value them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

English Writers, Vol. 2 of 2

Author : Henry Morley
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780365246671
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (466 download)

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Download or read book English Writers, Vol. 2 of 2 written by Henry Morley and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-22 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from English Writers, Vol. 2 of 2: A History of English Literature; The Fourteenth Century Rule. Made the maintenance or modification of the rule, as established by its founder, to depend upon the decision of the Order and its heads for the time being. The upholders of strict discipline then laboured for their cause, raised Giacomo of Fiore to the dignity of prophet, and wrote in his name new prophecies of ruin to come. This movement passed with some into fanaticism, and pro duced among many within the Church direct antagonism to the Papacy as it then was. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

A History of English Literature (Classic Reprint)

Author : E. J. Mathew
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780666576279
Total Pages : 546 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (762 download)

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Download or read book A History of English Literature (Classic Reprint) written by E. J. Mathew and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-28 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A History of English Literature The Beginnings of English Literature. The Difficulties attend ing them. The Advisability of taking Chaucer as our Starting Point. The Necessity of Knowing the Outlines of Earlier Days before even Chaucer is attempted. English literature may be said to begin with some fragments of poetry that date back as far as the fourth century; and, for the ten centuries following, our literature is extremely difficult to understand, because it is written either in Anglo Saxon, or else in one of the dialects of Middle English. It took a thousand years for English literature to develop properly; and we do not come across any author who can be easily mastered until we arrive at the middle of the fourteenth century. Then we find Geoffrey Chaucer one of the greatest of our poets, who died in the year 1400. We cannot, however, properly appreciate even his work unless we know something of the condition of English between the fourth and the fourteenth centuries; and this knowledge we must try to obtain by learning a little about the principal things that happened to the language before Chaucer's time. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

A History of English Literature

Author : E. Engel
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780331569087
Total Pages : 502 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (69 download)

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Download or read book A History of English Literature written by E. Engel and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-29 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A History of English Literature: 600-1900 It appears only reasonable that comparatively late authors should receive their share of recognition, when it is reﬂected how many pages are commonly sacrificed to the consideration of the numerous writings of the fourteenth or fifteenth century, of familiar reputation but often of slight worth, which may be said in several instances to owe their preservation to chance or some trivial peculiarity in the parchment on which they were inscribed. While giving effect to this feeling, the real value of the literature of olden days has not been neglected, as instanced in those portions of the book which deal with the Age of Chaucer, or the Drama of the Sixteenth Century. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

History of English Literature, Vol. 3

Author : Bernhard Ten Brink
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780484750929
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (59 download)

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Download or read book History of English Literature, Vol. 3 written by Bernhard Ten Brink and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-25 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from History of English Literature, Vol. 3: From the Fourteenth Century to the Death of Surrey It has been found more convenient to issue the translation of the two Parts as Volume II. And Volume III. Dr. Brandl tells us that up to the end of Chapter IV. Of Book VI. He found all practically ready for the press, the pages numbered and evidently finally revised by the author. The remainder of the ms, although carefully arranged, was unpaged, yet with out gaps, beyond two blank leaves which Dr. Brandl has filled in to the best of his ability (this passage occurs in our volume on p. 21 I, 1. II, to the end of the chapter). Of the Appendix, which had been referred to by the author as far back as 1889, only a few pages were to be found, and although some of the promised notes are wanting, we have others which had not been looked for. This is a further proof of the method Ten Brink is said to have adopted in work, viz. Of taking up his subjects as the spirit moved him, and this may possibly also account for the omission in this volume of some writers whom Ten Brink may have intended to deal with in their turn before finally arranging his material for publication. His History remains unfinished, in any case, and this is the more to be regretted as the next volume would have presented the more serious discussion of the Elizabethan era, a subject which he had already made a part of his University lectures, and by which he had attracted students from all parts of the world. Ten Brink's last words in this volume, on the untimely death of the Earl of Surrey, Dr. Brandl very appropriately quotes in connection with Ten Brink's own sad fate: Great things he might still have accomplished, but what he did accomplish has not been lost to posterity. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

English History in the Fourteenth Century (Classic Reprint)

Author : Charles H. Pearson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781332566112
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (661 download)

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Download or read book English History in the Fourteenth Century (Classic Reprint) written by Charles H. Pearson and published by . This book was released on 2016-06-14 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from English History in the Fourteenth Century State of England in the 14th Century. - Towards the end of the thirteenth century England was perhaps the best ordered and most prosperous state in Europe. Politi cally, indeed, its power was small, for our kings only retained a portion of their old dominions in France, and these, it might seem, merely by sufferance. Scotland was independent under a native dynasty, a great part of Ireland was in reality unconquered. Nevertheless, three quarters of a century passed in comparative peace had doubled the population, and more than doubled its wealth respect for law had grown to an extent unknown elsewhere and the serfs were rapidly being enfranchised. The annexation of North Wales had delivered the English marches from the dread of invasion. There were no towns in England except London that could vie with the wealth of Ghent or Bruges in Flanders, or of Venice and Florence in Italy 3 but the English towns were parts of a compact dominion, at peace with one another, and protected by the armies of a whole kingdom. Our kings could not bring into the field as many thousand soldiers as gathered under the banners of the French monarchs. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Periods of English Literature

Author : Louise Pound
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780666977175
Total Pages : 66 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (771 download)

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Download or read book The Periods of English Literature written by Louise Pound and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-20 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Periods of English Literature: Outlines of the History of English Literature With Reading and Reference Lists Chambers, Robert. Cyclopaedia of English Literature. 1843, 1858, 1876, 1901. Handbooks of English Literature series, edited by J. W. Hales: The Age of Chaucer, by F. J. Snell. The Age of Transition, by F. J. Snell. The Age of Shakespeare, by Seccombe and Allen, etc. 9 vols. London and New York, 1894-1906. Periods of European Literature series, edited by Saintsbury: The Dark Ages, by W. P. Ker. The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory, by G. Saintsbury. The Fourteenth Century, by F. J. Snell, etc. 12 vols. Edinburgh and New York, 1897-1904. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

English Literature

Author : Richard Malcolm Johnston
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ISBN 13 : 9780259791294
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (912 download)

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Download or read book English Literature written by Richard Malcolm Johnston and published by . This book was released on 2017-07-13 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from English Literature: A Historical Sketch of English Literature, From the Earliest TimesThe revival OF letters is a most appropriate phrase to designate the impulse which learning received after its long neglect during the dark ages. Ancient learning, however great were its achievements, and however confident it may have been of eternal duration, died as other things mortal die, and was buried, together with almost everything, great and small, which it had accomplished. The world can never estimate what it has lost by the destruction of the works of ancient genius. I The comparatively little which has been preserved of them is sufficient to convince us that we cannot too much admire the. Men and the ages which produced them; nor can we too deeply lament the brutality of those barbarians, and the fanaticism of those early Christians, who were alike eager to annihilate everything which the exquisite civilisation of the ancients had achieved.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Boke of Curtasye

Author : James Orchard Halliwell
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780656527793
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (277 download)

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Download or read book The Boke of Curtasye written by James Orchard Halliwell and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2019-01-27 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Boke of Curtasye: An English Poem of the Fourteenth Century The following poem, which is now for the first time printed, from ms. Sloane 1986 (a small manuscript on vellum, of the fourteenth century), is perhaps one of the most singular relics of the kind that could have been placed before the notice of the antiquarian reader. In style of com position it is very similar to the curious poem Which I printed some time since in my Early History of Freemasonry in England, - in fact, so much so, that I am almost inclined to think, on comparing the two together, that they may possibly be the work of one writ-er. The same language, and in some instances the same phrases, may be distinctly traced. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Fourteenth Century Verse Prose (Classic Reprint)

Author : Kenneth Sisam
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ISBN 13 : 9781331897804
Total Pages : 514 pages
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Download or read book Fourteenth Century Verse Prose (Classic Reprint) written by Kenneth Sisam and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-20 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Fourteenth Century Verse Prose Two periods of our early history promise most for the future of English literature -the end of the seventh with the eighth century; the end of the twelfth century with the thirteenth. In the first a flourishing vernacular poetry is secondary in importance to the intellectual accomplishment of men like Bede and Alcuin (to name only the greatest and the last of a line of scholars and teachers) who, drawing their inspiration from Ireland and still more from Italy direct, made all the knowledge of the time their own, and learned to move easily in the disciplined forms of Latin prose. During the second the impulse again came from without. In twelfth-century France the creative imagination was set free. In England, which from the beginning of the tenth century had depended more and more on France for guidance, the nobles, clergy, and entertainers, in whose hands lay the fortunes of literature, had a community of interest with their French compeers that has never since been approached. So England shared early in the break with tradition; and during the thirteenth century the native stock is almost hidden by the brilliant growth of a new graft. Every activity of the mind was quickened. A luxuriant invention of forms distinguished the Gothic style in architecture. All the decorative arts showed a parallel enrichment. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

A Fourteenth Century English Biblical Version (Classic Reprint)

Author : Anna Carolina Paues
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780266930563
Total Pages : 352 pages
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Download or read book A Fourteenth Century English Biblical Version (Classic Reprint) written by Anna Carolina Paues and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-29 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Fourteenth Century English Biblical Version The list of words found at the end of the volume makes no pretension to being a complete glossary. It is mainly intended to explain such words as could not be readily understood by the average English reader without reference to a Middle English dictionary. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

An English Anthology of Prose and Poetry

Author : Henry Newbolt
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780243255764
Total Pages : 1026 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (557 download)

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Download or read book An English Anthology of Prose and Poetry written by Henry Newbolt and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-02-03 with total page 1026 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from An English Anthology of Prose and Poetry: Shewing the Main Stream of English Literature Through Six Centuries (14th Century-19th Century) The plan Of this book is simple, but it is believed to be new. My object has been not to supply one more portable collection of gems, but to show the progress of the English language and literature as the gradual gathering of many tributaries into one stream, or of many characters and inﬂuences into one great national concourse. In attempting this I found at once that three conditions imposed them selves. The selection must include both prose and verse and it must treat upon the same footing all printed work of interest, whether scientific, philosophical, political or creative. But thirdly, an arrangement must be devised by which the reader should be enabled to follow the stream continuously, to trace without confusion the entrance and effect of the gathering inﬂuences. It has generally been the custom in making a volume of selections to place the authors according to their dates of birth but from my point of view this was too mechanical an arrangement and would Often introduce confusion where it was a chief object to be clear. The moment of birth is not the moment of a great writer's entry into the world of thought: nor is it possible to fix any age at which genius or literary inﬂuence may be said in general to take effect. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

An English Anthology of Prose and Poetry, Vol. 2

Author : Henry Newbolt
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780267471058
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book An English Anthology of Prose and Poetry, Vol. 2 written by Henry Newbolt and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from An English Anthology of Prose and Poetry, Vol. 2: 14th Century 19th Century; Part II. Notes and Indices But originality does not depend on freedom from inﬂuences. (it could not, for everyone has an environment, and one resulting from the past.) These inﬂuences, this tradition of methods and insight, this store of experiences, is a strength, not a weakness, for those who can use it with a degree of mastery. There will always be, as Mr. Abercrombie says, the amateur artist who worries himself with anxiety to create beauty - that is, the man who, being fond of figs, wishes to be a fig tree as well as a consumer - but there will also be the genuine artist whose impulse and vision are his own, though he receives from others the suggestion of a subject, a vocabulary, a technique, or even the first guidance towards a new point of view. His feeling, too, will inevitably be coloured by the social and political life of his country and by the public or semi-public opinion of his generation: and it is on this account that private letters, diaries, and other non-literary documents have been included in our collection. We may speak then of the history of literature if we please but let us at the same time remember what Literature really is let us look at the work of the great initiators and note that the greater they are the more difficult or the less relevant it is to define them in such terms. When we make our survey of literature we are not inspecting a pedigree herd or a school of verbal dexterity: what we see is the spectacle of the timeless, immaterial human spirit expressing itself under the limitations of Time and bodily existence. We too are under those limitations. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Sketches in History and Poetry (Classic Reprint)

Author : John Campbell Shairp
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ISBN 13 : 9781330803028
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Sketches in History and Poetry (Classic Reprint) written by John Campbell Shairp and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-06 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Sketches in History and Poetry Of the ten papers, which have been named Sketches, contained in this volume, some were given to the public in periodicals by the author himself. Others are now printed for the first time. The date of the earliest is 1860; of the latest 1884, the year before the authors death. Four of them were given as Lectures in the chair of Poetry, Oxford, viz., VI., VII., IX., X. All the subjects, save one, are taken from Scottish History or Poetry, fields in which the writer showed a lifelong and special interest. One or two of the papers may be singled out as but slight in treatment of the subject; yet all of them contain passages which are highly characteristic of the author, and some are worthy of him at his best - as, for example, "The Songs of Scotland before Burns." They thus seem to me to be well deserving of collection and publication in one volume. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Sketches of English Literature, Vol. 1 of 2

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ISBN 13 : 9781331595717
Total Pages : 740 pages
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Download or read book Sketches of English Literature, Vol. 1 of 2 written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-12-02 with total page 740 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Sketches of English Literature, Vol. 1 of 2: With Considerations on the Spirit of the Times, Men, and Revolutions This language of the age of Augustus - I know not at what date to place Quintus Cur tius - became as it is degenerated, the energetic language of Tacitus, Lucian, Seneca, Martial; the copious language of Pliny the elder; the ﬂowery language of the younger Pliny; the saucy language of Suetonius, the violent of Juvenal, the obscure of Persius, the inﬂated or ﬂat of Statius and Silius Italicus. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Pearl, a Fourteenth-Century Poem

Author : G. G. Coulton
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780484432924
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (329 download)

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Download or read book Pearl, a Fourteenth-Century Poem written by G. G. Coulton and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-22 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Pearl, a Fourteenth-Century Poem: Rendered Into Modern English Pearl, pleasant to prince's pay,1 So daintily dight in gold so clear! From orient lands, I hardily say, Was never seen a gem her peer So round, so comely every way, So small, so smooth her sides were, Wherever I judged of gems so gay, I set her single and singular. Alas! In an arbour2 I lost my dear. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight

Author : Kenneth Hare
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780483929838
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (298 download)

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Download or read book Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight written by Kenneth Hare and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-25 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight: A Fourteenth-Century Poem Done Into Modern English Gaston Paris called our poem the jewel of medi aeval English literature, and it is certainly the best single poem in that group, not excepting Chaucer's best work. It possesses in a small compass, the varied excellences of Chaucer, with much to which he neither attained, nor perhaps Wished to attain. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.