Introduction to English Literature, Including a Number of Classic Works. With Notes |
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... thought and feeling . It shares in the greatness of the English people . It combines French vivacity with Ger- man depth . If Germany excels in scholarship , and France in taste , England has produced a literature that in com ...
... thought and feeling . It shares in the greatness of the English people . It combines French vivacity with Ger- man depth . If Germany excels in scholarship , and France in taste , England has produced a literature that in com ...
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... thought and werk . He was also a lerned man , a clerk That Cristes gospel trewely wolde preche ; His parischens devoutly wolde he teche . Benigne he was , and wonder diligent , And in adversité ful pacient ; And such he was i - proved ...
... thought and werk . He was also a lerned man , a clerk That Cristes gospel trewely wolde preche ; His parischens devoutly wolde he teche . Benigne he was , and wonder diligent , And in adversité ful pacient ; And such he was i - proved ...
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... thought it nas nat worth to make it wys , 785 And grauntede him withoute more avys , And bad him seie his verdite , as him leste . 66 Lordynges , " quoth he , " now herkneth for the beste ; But taketh it not , I praye you , in desdeyn ...
... thought it nas nat worth to make it wys , 785 And grauntede him withoute more avys , And bad him seie his verdite , as him leste . 66 Lordynges , " quoth he , " now herkneth for the beste ; But taketh it not , I praye you , in desdeyn ...
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... thought it seemed to him . the new fashion . 683. Sauf his cappe : except his cap . 685. Vernicle See note 1. 37 . - The newe get = a miniature copy of the picture of Christ , which is said to have been miraculously imprinted on a ...
... thought it seemed to him . the new fashion . 683. Sauf his cappe : except his cap . 685. Vernicle See note 1. 37 . - The newe get = a miniature copy of the picture of Christ , which is said to have been miraculously imprinted on a ...
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... for variety of interest and weight of thought has scarcely been surpassed . The century and a half lying between the death of 75 Chaucer and the accession of Elizabeth may be considered as FIRST CREATIVE Period, 1558-1625 · •
... for variety of interest and weight of thought has scarcely been surpassed . The century and a half lying between the death of 75 Chaucer and the accession of Elizabeth may be considered as FIRST CREATIVE Period, 1558-1625 · •
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