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... once again of the didactic purpose of so much medieval writing . With properly varied rhymes and metrical skill - which took a long time to develop the Middle English poet was able to achieve some- thing far removed from anything ...
... once again of the didactic purpose of so much medieval writing . With properly varied rhymes and metrical skill - which took a long time to develop the Middle English poet was able to achieve some- thing far removed from anything ...
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... once again , personal situation and general principle combined to produce a passionately held conviction . The result was Areopagitica in 1644 , a classic defense of liberty of the press , where Milton's highly indi- vidualistic temper ...
... once again , personal situation and general principle combined to produce a passionately held conviction . The result was Areopagitica in 1644 , a classic defense of liberty of the press , where Milton's highly indi- vidualistic temper ...
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... once a difference of weight : though Scott and Sempill both use images drawn from popu- lar speech , Scott's ... Once the literary tradition is broken , once there is no literary language growing out of the spoken language ( however ...
... once a difference of weight : though Scott and Sempill both use images drawn from popu- lar speech , Scott's ... Once the literary tradition is broken , once there is no literary language growing out of the spoken language ( however ...
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CHAPTER PAGE 1 ANGLOSAXON LITERATURE | 3 |
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