Studies in the Literature of the Augustan Age: Essays Collected in Honor of Arthur Ellicott CaseRichard Charles Boys |
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... Chaucer's . Chaucer found , even in Middle English , a " skarsete " of rhyme.18 There would come a day when an even greater scarcity of easy rhymes would create a challenge to the English poet and at the same time indicate one of his ...
... Chaucer's . Chaucer found , even in Middle English , a " skarsete " of rhyme.18 There would come a day when an even greater scarcity of easy rhymes would create a challenge to the English poet and at the same time indicate one of his ...
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... Chaucer at times employs . It is difficult to find passages of sustained parallel in Chaucer . The usual narra- tive movement of his couplets is from then to then to then , with the oblique forward movement of actions in a sequence ...
... Chaucer at times employs . It is difficult to find passages of sustained parallel in Chaucer . The usual narra- tive movement of his couplets is from then to then to then , with the oblique forward movement of actions in a sequence ...
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A Note in Defence of Satire 12 L | 12 |
The Authenticity of Anna Sewards Published Correspondence | 50 |
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