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- William Blake

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Academic Focus: Metric analysis / Historical dialect interpretation. Engaging with diverse historical English builds phonetic agility, linguistic empathy, and reading stamina valued in selective entry exams.

I laid me down upon a bank,

Where Love lay sleeping;

I heard among the rushes dank

Weeping, weeping.

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verb

To howl.

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Don Quixote1605

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The Count of Monte Cristo1844

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The House of the Seven Gables1851

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Andersen's Fairy Tales1872

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Far from the Madding Crowd1874

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The Mysterious Island1875

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