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... master , there is still one chapter wanting ; do you think it troublesome to be asked any more questions ? " He answered , " It is no trouble . Take your pen and write fast . " In the after- noon he called his friends together ...
... master , there is still one chapter wanting ; do you think it troublesome to be asked any more questions ? " He answered , " It is no trouble . Take your pen and write fast . " In the after- noon he called his friends together ...
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... master , there is yet one sentence not written . " He answered , “ Write quickly . " " It is finished now , " said the scribe at last . " You have spoken truly , " the aged scholar replied , “ it is finished . Receive my head into your ...
... master , there is yet one sentence not written . " He answered , “ Write quickly . " " It is finished now , " said the scribe at last . " You have spoken truly , " the aged scholar replied , “ it is finished . Receive my head into your ...
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... the world . Thus a great store of material was accumulated in the fourteenth century-- material that awaited the master - workman soon to appear . GEOFFREY CHAUCER . ABOVE all his contemporaries of the fourteenth THE FORMATIVE PERIOD . 23.
... the world . Thus a great store of material was accumulated in the fourteenth century-- material that awaited the master - workman soon to appear . GEOFFREY CHAUCER . ABOVE all his contemporaries of the fourteenth THE FORMATIVE PERIOD . 23.
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... master . 66 - Somewhat he lisped for his wantonness To make his English sweet upon his tongue ; And in his harping , when that he had sung , His eyen twinkled in his head aright , As do the starres in a frosty night . " Though Dryden ...
... master . 66 - Somewhat he lisped for his wantonness To make his English sweet upon his tongue ; And in his harping , when that he had sung , His eyen twinkled in his head aright , As do the starres in a frosty night . " Though Dryden ...
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... , and academies established . Eager scholars from England , France , and Germany sat at the feet of Italian masters , in order afterward to bear beyond the Alps the precious seed of the new culture 76 ENGLISH LITERATURE .
... , and academies established . Eager scholars from England , France , and Germany sat at the feet of Italian masters , in order afterward to bear beyond the Alps the precious seed of the new culture 76 ENGLISH LITERATURE .
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