Literature and Life, Book 4Scott, Foresman, 1933 - American Literature |
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Page 197
... hope of writing a poem to compare with the Greek epics , the Iliad and the Odys- sey . While traveling in Italy he had con- sidered as a possible subject " those great- hearted champions found in the society of the Round Table , " but ...
... hope of writing a poem to compare with the Greek epics , the Iliad and the Odys- sey . While traveling in Italy he had con- sidered as a possible subject " those great- hearted champions found in the society of the Round Table , " but ...
Page 317
... hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obliga- tions where no benefit has been re- ceived , or to be unwilling that the pub- lic should consider me as owing that to a patron , which Providence has enabled me to do for myself ...
... hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obliga- tions where no benefit has been re- ceived , or to be unwilling that the pub- lic should consider me as owing that to a patron , which Providence has enabled me to do for myself ...
Page 411
... Hope draws nectar in a sieve , And Hope without an object cannot live . THE KNIGHT'S TOMB [ It is thought that the oak lives for a thousand years . The tree under which the good knight of this poem was buried had reached full growth at ...
... Hope draws nectar in a sieve , And Hope without an object cannot live . THE KNIGHT'S TOMB [ It is thought that the oak lives for a thousand years . The tree under which the good knight of this poem was buried had reached full growth at ...
Contents
HISTORY | 4 |
PART ONEPAGAN AND MEDIEVAL TIMES 55 B C 1500 A D | 5 |
SELECTIONS FOR CHAPTER I | 15 |
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