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Start of eBook	1
Title: English Literature For Boys And Girls	1
H.E. Marshall	1
YEAR 7	3
Chapter II THE STORY OF THE CATTLE RAID OF COOLEY	5
Chapter III ONE OF THE SORROWS OF STORY-TELLING	9
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Chapter IV THE STORY OF A LITERARY LIE	11
Chapter V THE STORY OF FINGAL	13
Chapter VI ABOUT SOME OLD WELSH STORIES AND STORY-TELLERS	17
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Chapter VIII THE BEGINNING OF THE READING TIME	25
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Chapter XI THE STORY OF BEOWULF	34
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Chapter XII THE FATHER OF ENGLISH SONG	37
Chapter XIII HOW CAEDMON SANG, AND HOW HE FELL ONCE MORE ON SILENCE	41
Chapter XIV THE FATHER OF ENGLISH HISTORY	44
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Chapter XVI WHEN ENGLISH SLEPT	51
Chapter XVII THE STORY OF HAVELOK THE DANE	53
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Chapter XX “PIERS THE PLOUGHMAN” — continued	63
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Chapter XXII CHAUCER—BREAD AND MILK FOR CHILDREN	70
Chapter XXIII CHAUCER—“THE CANTERBURY TALES”	72
Chapter XXIV CHAUCER—AT THE TABARD INN	76
THE COMPLAYNT OF CHAUCER TO HYS PURSE	79
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Chapter XXVII BARBOUR—“THE BRUCE,” THE END OF THE STRUGGLE	87
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Chapter XXVIII A POET KING	90
Chapter XXIX THE DEATH OF THE POET KING	93
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Chapter XXX DUNBAR—THE WEDDING OF THE THISTLE AND THE ROSE	96
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Chapter XXXI AT THE SIGN OF THE RED PALE	100
YEAR 8	105
Chapter XXXIII HOW THE SHEPHERDS WATCHED THEIR FLOCKS	109
Chapter XXXIV THE STORY OF EVERYMAN	112
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Chapter XXXV HOW A POET COMFORTED A GIRL	114
Chapter XXXVI THE RENAISSANCE	117
Chapter XXXVII THE LAND OF NOWHERE	120
Chapter XXXVIII THE DEATH OF SIR THOMAS MORE	127
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Chapter XXXIX HOW THE SONNET CAME TO ENGLAND	131
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Chapter XL THE BEGINNING OF BLANK VERSE	134
Chapter XLI SPENSER—THE “SHEPHERD’S CALENDAR”	136
Chapter XLII SPENSER—THE “FAERY QUEEN”	140
Chapter XLIII SPENSER—HIS LAST DAYS	146
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Chapter XLIV ABOUT THE FIRST THEATERS	149
Chapter XLV SHAKESPEARE—THE BOY	154
Chapter XLVI SHAKESPEARE—THE MAN	158
Chapter LXVII SHAKESPEARE—“THE MERCHANT OF VENICE”	163
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LIST OF SHAKESPEARE’S PLAYS	170
Chapter XLVIII JONSON—“EVERY MAN IN HIS HUMOUR”	170
Chapter XLIX JONSON—“THE SAD SHEPHERD”	176
Chapter L RALEIGH—“THE REVENGE”	178
Chapter LI RALEIGH—“THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD”	185
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Chapter LII BACON—NEW WAYS OF WISDOM	190
Chapter LIII BACON—THE HAPPY ISLAND	196
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Chapter LIV ABOUT SOME LYRIC POETS	199
Chapter LV HERBERT—THE PARSON POET	202
Chapter LVI HERRICK AND MARVELL—OF BLOSSOMS AND BOWERS	207
Chapter LVII MILTON—SIGHT AND GROWTH	213
Chapter LVIII MILTON—DARKNESS AND DEATH	220
Chapter LIX BUNYAN—“THE PILGRIM’S PROGRESS”	227
YEAR 9	234
Chapter LXI DEFOE—THE FIRST NEWSPAPERS	242
Chapter LXII DEFOE—“ROBINSON CRUSOE”	247
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Chapter LXIII SWIFT—THE “JOURNAL TO STELLA”	250
Chapter LXIV SWIFT—“GULLIVER’S TRAVELS”	256
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Chapter LXV ADDISON—THE “SPECTATOR”	261
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Chapter LXVI STEELE—THE SOLDIER AUTHOR	269
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Chapter LXVII POPE—THE “RAPE OF THE LOCK”	275
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Chapter LXVIII JOHNSON—DAYS OF STRUGGLE	283
Chapter LXIX JOHNSON—THE END OF THE JOURNEY	287
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Chapter LXX GOLDSMITH—THE VAGABOND	293
Chapter LXXI GOLDSMITH—“THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD”	298
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Chapter LXXII BURNS—THE PLOWMAN POET	303
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Chapter LXXIII COWPER—“THE TASK”	310
Chapter LXXIV WORDSWORTH—THE POET OF NATURE	313
Chapter LXXV WORDSWORTH AND COLERIDGE—THE LAKE POETS	317
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Chapter LXXVI COLERIDGE AND SOUTHEY—SUNSHINE AND SHADOW	323
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YEAR 10	326
Chapter LXXVIII SCOTT—“THE WIZARD OF THE NORTH”	331
Chapter LXXIX BYRON—“CHILDE HAROLD’S PILGRIMAGE”	335
Chapter LXXX SHELLEY—THE POET OF LOVE	341
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Chapter LXXXI KEATS—THE POET OF BEAUTY	348
Chapter LXXXII CARLYLE—THE SAGE OF CHELSEA	355
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Chapter LXXXIII THACKERAY—THE CYNIC?	362
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Chapter LXXXIV DICKENS—SMILES AND TEARS	369
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Chapter LXXXV TENNYSON—THE POET OF FRIENDSHIP	375
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