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The Subject Matter. ¡ª The history of English literature is a record of the best thoughts’ that have been expressed in the English language. Literature appeals especially to the imagination and the emotions. Literature aims not so much to state a fact after the manner of a text-book on science as to start imaginative activity and to appeal to the emotions. When Macbeth says of the dead King :¡ª¡ö
” After life’s fitful fever he sleeps well,”
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The History of English Law Before the Time of Edward I, Vol. 1