Sketch of English Literature with the Lives and Works of the Chief Authors |
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... French Influence . of the late spread of the knowledge of French throughout the country . " Unless a man knows French , " he writes , " the world thinks very little of him , but the common men hold to English and to their own speech ...
... French Influence . of the late spread of the knowledge of French throughout the country . " Unless a man knows French , " he writes , " the world thinks very little of him , but the common men hold to English and to their own speech ...
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... French . By the latter half of the fourteenth the " low men had gained the day , English had prevailed , and French , probably rendered more unpopular by the wars of Edward III.'s reign , was everywhere retreating before its influence ...
... French . By the latter half of the fourteenth the " low men had gained the day , English had prevailed , and French , probably rendered more unpopular by the wars of Edward III.'s reign , was everywhere retreating before its influence ...
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... French words . Chaucer , 1340-1400 . Geoffrey Chaucer , the " father of English poetry , " was born in London , 1340 ( ) . He was the son of John Chaucer , vintner , who had apparently some connection with the Court , and the boy was ...
... French words . Chaucer , 1340-1400 . Geoffrey Chaucer , the " father of English poetry , " was born in London , 1340 ( ) . He was the son of John Chaucer , vintner , who had apparently some connection with the Court , and the boy was ...
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