"Department of English" Quotes from Famous Books
... century between these two events is one of great turmoil, yet of steady advance in every department of English life. The storm center of the political unrest was the French Revolution, that frightful uprising which proclaimed the natural rights of man and the abolition of class distinctions. Its effect on the whole civilized world is beyond computation. Patriotic clubs and societies multiplied ... — English Literature - Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World • William J. Long |