In the book-2 of M.A.( previous )-english, named “poetry from chaucer to 1798 ),there is a poem whose title is ” Prologue to the Canterbury Tales ” written by Geoffrey Chaucer ( 1340-1400 ),
1-(A)-A few fragments of a household account-book of the countess have been preserved,and there is an entry in them to the effect that in april,1357 Chaucer was provided with a complete suit of a short cloak,a pair of red and black breeches and a pair of shoes for a sum of 7 shillings.
(B)-After the knight’s own son had served as a page in a noble family from his 7th to 14th year,he received his sword and girdle from the priest’s hands at the altar.
(C)-The Parish Priests in Chaucer’s days were very poorly paid.In 1354,Archbishop Islip limited their fees to 7 marks a year as a maximum.
(D)-The two prominent poetic measures used by chaucer are the 7 line stanza ( Troilus stanza-ababbcc ) and the Heroic couplet.
2-At the age of 16 years, John Milton ( 1608-1674 ), entered christ’s college, cambridge, where he resided for 7 years.
3-There was 7 children in John Donne’s ( 1572-1631 ) family.
4-( a )-The giant/beast in “The Faerie Queene Book-I” , written by Edmund spenser ( 1553-1599 ),had been great 7 heads so the giant was called as the seven headed beast.
( b )-Mercy took the true knight to a holy hospital, where they met 7 beadsmen who were the incharge of the various houses to perform the assigned welfare works.
5- In ” The Rape of the Lock ” written by Alexander Pope ( 1688-1744 ), the Petticoat of Belinda is ‘ the sevenfold fence ‘.
6-(A)-During the 7 years from 1793 to 1800, William Blake’s ( 1757-1827 ) creative output was enormous.
(B)-In october 1825, William Blake was asked to make illustrations of Dante’s Divine Comedy and to engrave them. He completed a hundred water colour designs, of which 7 were engraved and he was still at work upon these when he died on the 12th august,1827.
1-(A)-A few fragments of a household account-book of the countess have been preserved,and there is an entry in them to the effect that in april,1357 Chaucer was provided with a complete suit of a short cloak,a pair of red and black breeches and a pair of shoes for a sum of 7 shillings.
(B)-After the knight’s own son had served as a page in a noble family from his 7th to 14th year,he received his sword and girdle from the priest’s hands at the altar.
(C)-The Parish Priests in Chaucer’s days were very poorly paid.In 1354,Archbishop Islip limited their fees to 7 marks a year as a maximum.
(D)-The two prominent poetic measures used by chaucer are the 7 line stanza ( Troilus stanza-ababbcc ) and the Heroic couplet.
2-At the age of 16 years, John Milton ( 1608-1674 ), entered christ’s college, cambridge, where he resided for 7 years.
3-There was 7 children in John Donne’s ( 1572-1631 ) family.
4-( a )-The giant/beast in “The Faerie Queene Book-I” , written by Edmund spenser ( 1553-1599 ),had been great 7 heads so the giant was called as the seven headed beast.
( b )-Mercy took the true knight to a holy hospital, where they met 7 beadsmen who were the incharge of the various houses to perform the assigned welfare works.
5- In ” The Rape of the Lock ” written by Alexander Pope ( 1688-1744 ), the Petticoat of Belinda is ‘ the sevenfold fence ‘.
6-(A)-During the 7 years from 1793 to 1800, William Blake’s ( 1757-1827 ) creative output was enormous.
(B)-In october 1825, William Blake was asked to make illustrations of Dante’s Divine Comedy and to engrave them. He completed a hundred water colour designs, of which 7 were engraved and he was still at work upon these when he died on the 12th august,1827.
WHEN ALDOUS HUXLEY (A FAMOUS ENGLISH PROSE WRITER) WAS ONLY 7 YEARS OLD,HIS FATHER LEONARD HUXLEY RETIRED FROM HIS JOB OF TEACHING & TOOK UP THE LIFE OF A MAN OF LETTERS IN 1901…
“ANIMAL FARM” WAS THE FIRST BOOK OF GEORGE ORWELL (ERICH ARTHUR BLAIR-A FAMOUS ESSAYIST ) & ACCORDING TO HIM, HE HAS NOT WRITTEN A NOVEL FOR 7 YEARS, BUT HOPES TO WRITE ONE IN NEAR FUTURE.
THANE OF TORQUILSTONE HAD 7 SONS & A DAUGHTER.(NOVEL-IVANHOE-SIR WALTER SCOTT).
JANE AUSTEN(A FAMOUS NOVELIST) WAS 7TH CHILD IN A FAMILY OF 8 CHILDREN.
THE SIX NOVELS WHICH MADE JANE AUSTEN FAMOUS WERE WRITTEN OVER A PERIOD OF 21 YEARS,BETWEEN 1796 & 1817, BUT THEY WERE ALL PUBLISHED CLOSE TOGETHER BETWEEN 1811 & 1818 (7 YEARS DURATION ).
THE CONGO IS THE SECOND LONGEST RIVER IN AFRICA WHICH IS 7 MILES WIDE.
THE FIRST 7 CHAPTERS OF JOSEPH CONRAD’S FIRST NOVEL-”ALMAYER’S FOLLY” HAD BEEN WRITTEN BEFORE HE WENT TO THE CONGO.
E.M.FORSTER’S ‘ASPECTS OF A NOVEL’ PUBLISHED IN 1927. FORSTER FINDS THAT THERE ARE 7 ASPECTS OF A NOVEL.VIZ. STORY,PEOPLE,PLOT,FANTASY,
TO ENTERTAIN DR. FAUSTUS, LUCIFER SUMMONS A PAGEANT OF 7 DEADLY SINS. THESE 7 DEADLY SINS INCLUDE PRIDE,COVETOUSNESS,WRATH,ENVY,
THERE ARE 7 TEENS I.E. THIRTEEN ,………………….,NINETEEN
THE WORD OF 7 ALPHABETS ”SEQUOIA” CONTAINS ALL THE VOWELS.
USUALLY 7 SPACES ARE GIVEN TO CHANGE PARAGRAPH.
THERE IS A PHRASE IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE-”AT SIXES & SEVENS”
MY NAME “SANJEEV” ALSO CONTAINS 7 ALPHABETS. SO,I AM FOND OF 7
In the library of Central Institute of Education of Delhi University, R-mark books shall be used/issued for 7 days only.
There is a seven letter word in the English language that contains ten words without rearranging any of its letters, "therein": the, there, he, in, rein, her, here, here, ere, therein, herein.
There is a seven letter word in the English language that contains ten words without rearranging any of its letters, "therein": the, there, he, in, rein, her, here, here, ere, therein, herein.
