Introduction to English Literature, Including a Number of Classic Works. With Notes |
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... poets , lived in the latter part of the seventh century . He has with justice been called " the Milton of our ... poet , as he felt the movement of an awaken- ing power . Sing the beginning of created things , " said the angel ...
... poets , lived in the latter part of the seventh century . He has with justice been called " the Milton of our ... poet , as he felt the movement of an awaken- ing power . Sing the beginning of created things , " said the angel ...
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... Poets ' Corner . Chaucer was small and slender in stature , looked upon the ground as he walked , and seemed absent ... poet's portrait . After a most pathetic manner . tale related by the prioress , Harry Bailly , as GEOFFREY CHAUCER . 25.
... Poets ' Corner . Chaucer was small and slender in stature , looked upon the ground as he walked , and seemed absent ... poet's portrait . After a most pathetic manner . tale related by the prioress , Harry Bailly , as GEOFFREY CHAUCER . 25.
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... poet was but two years old , Boccaccio was crowned in the Capitol at Rome . When in 1372 Chaucer was sent on a mission to Italy , it is possible that he met Boccaccio and Petrarch . Be that as it may , there can be no doubt that his ...
... poet was but two years old , Boccaccio was crowned in the Capitol at Rome . When in 1372 Chaucer was sent on a mission to Italy , it is possible that he met Boccaccio and Petrarch . Be that as it may , there can be no doubt that his ...
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... poet joins the party ; and in the Prologue " he gives us , with great artistic and dramatic power , a description of the pilgrims . The various classes of English society a knight , a lawyer , a knight , a lawyer , a doctor , an Oxford ...
... poet joins the party ; and in the Prologue " he gives us , with great artistic and dramatic power , a description of the pilgrims . The various classes of English society a knight , a lawyer , a knight , a lawyer , a doctor , an Oxford ...
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... poet worthy to bear the mantle of Chaucer had appeared in England . But mighty movements had been going on in Europe - the revival of letters , great inventions and discoveries , and the widespread religious movement known as the ...
... poet worthy to bear the mantle of Chaucer had appeared in England . But mighty movements had been going on in Europe - the revival of letters , great inventions and discoveries , and the widespread religious movement known as the ...
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