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Shakespeare, William (1564-1616), English poet and dramatist.
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“Time insults o’er dull and speechless tribes.” Shakespeare,“Sonnet,” CVII; line 12. In time, tribes that have not developed any literature will be wiped out.
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innate, inborn.
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calculable, dependable.
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straight, persistent.
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pertinaciously, unyielding; resolutely; firmly.
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slovenly, carelessly.
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Homeric poems, the Iliad and the Odyssey credited to Homer, Greek poet.
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veracity, truthfulness.
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smooth-slipping, easy flowing.
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aphorisms, a pithy, concise sentence stating a general doctrine or truth.
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Hesiod (776 B.C.), Greek epic poet.
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Herodotus (484? -425? B.C.), father of history; Greek historian.
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plastic, capable of being molded or modeled, as clay; impressionable.
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garrulous, talkative; wordy.
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Plato (427-347 B.C.), Greek philosopher.
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his talking master (469-399 B.C.), Socrates, the Athenian philosopher.
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Chaucer, Geoffrey (1340-1400), father of English poetry.
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spacious times, magnificent and expansive period.
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Elizabeth (1558-1603), queen of England. Daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn.
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Marston, John (1575? -1634), English dramatist and poet.
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prefaces, introductions explanatory of the object and scope of works, of methods of treatment, sources of information and the like.
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“Queen Anne’s men,” Queen Anne ruled in England from 1704-1714. Her men refer to Addison, Steele, Pope and others of this period.
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“Spectator,” paper published by Steele and Addison beginning March 1, 1711-December 6, 1712, and revived briefly in 1714.
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Pope (1688-1744), English poet.
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