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... John Chaucer , vintner , who had apparently some connection with the Court , and the boy was early taken into the service of Lionel of Clarence , third son of Edward III . In 1359 he was in the wars in France , was taken prisoner , and ...
... John Chaucer , vintner , who had apparently some connection with the Court , and the boy was early taken into the service of Lionel of Clarence , third son of Edward III . In 1359 he was in the wars in France , was taken prisoner , and ...
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... John of Gaunt's wife . The Latin author followed by Chaucer for his love of the marvel- lous and his picturesqueness ... John of Gaunt ) has to make his choice , and the other birds meet in " parliament " to give their opinions on ...
... John of Gaunt's wife . The Latin author followed by Chaucer for his love of the marvel- lous and his picturesqueness ... John of Gaunt ) has to make his choice , and the other birds meet in " parliament " to give their opinions on ...
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... John Lyly , whose great work , " Euphues , " gave the name to a parti- cular style of writing and speaking , which John Lyly , made itself more or less felt from the latter half of Elizabeth's reign up to the Restoration . very little ...
... John Lyly , whose great work , " Euphues , " gave the name to a parti- cular style of writing and speaking , which John Lyly , made itself more or less felt from the latter half of Elizabeth's reign up to the Restoration . very little ...
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