English Literature for Boys and GirlsF. A. Stokes Company, 1916 - 686 When we were little, before we could read for ourselves, did we not gather eagerly round father or mother, friend or nurse, at the promise of a story? When we grew older, what happy hours did we not spend with our books. How the printed words made us forget the world in which we live, and carried us away to a wonderland, |
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... means written in verse . Romance meant at first the languages made from the Latin tongue , such as French or Spanish . After a time the word Romance was used to mean a story told in any Romance language . But now we use it to mean any ...
... means written in verse . Romance meant at first the languages made from the Latin tongue , such as French or Spanish . After a time the word Romance was used to mean a story told in any Romance language . But now we use it to mean any ...
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... means of enjoy- ment - as literature . Literature , then , was no longer the affair of the market - place and the banqueting - hall , but of a man's own fireside and quiet study . It was no longer the affair of the crowd , but of each ...
... means of enjoy- ment - as literature . Literature , then , was no longer the affair of the market - place and the banqueting - hall , but of a man's own fireside and quiet study . It was no longer the affair of the crowd , but of each ...
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... means a goat - song , and comes from two Greek words , " tragos " a goat and " ode " a song . It was so called either because the oldest tragedies were acted while a goat was sacrificed , or because the actors themselves wore clothes ...
... means a goat - song , and comes from two Greek words , " tragos " a goat and " ode " a song . It was so called either because the oldest tragedies were acted while a goat was sacrificed , or because the actors themselves wore clothes ...
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HOW CAEDMON SANG AND HOW HE FELL ONCE MORE | 73 |
THE FATHER OF ENGLISH HISTORY | 79 |
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