Sketch of English Literature with the Lives and Works of the Chief Authors |
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... influence exercised on English literature by the Celts was of a nature not easily defined . It consisted in the introduction of a finer , more imaginative , and Influence . more artistic element ; it helped to give a lightness of touch ...
... influence exercised on English literature by the Celts was of a nature not easily defined . It consisted in the introduction of a finer , more imaginative , and Influence . more artistic element ; it helped to give a lightness of touch ...
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... influence , and had introduced a large number of Danish words . The “ Ormulum " is a metrical version of the service for each day . The Ancren Riwle ( Rule of Nuns ) is also a religious work , containing instructions for the younger ...
... influence , and had introduced a large number of Danish words . The “ Ormulum " is a metrical version of the service for each day . The Ancren Riwle ( Rule of Nuns ) is also a religious work , containing instructions for the younger ...
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... Influence of Italian Poetry . Another literary influence sprang from his Italian travels in 1372 and 1378. He had more opportunity of studying directly the work of the three great Italian masters of their art , who made the fourteenth ...
... Influence of Italian Poetry . Another literary influence sprang from his Italian travels in 1372 and 1378. He had more opportunity of studying directly the work of the three great Italian masters of their art , who made the fourteenth ...
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