Introduction to English Literature, Including a Number of Classic Works. With Notes |
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... French vivacity with Ger- man depth . If Germany excels in scholarship , and France in taste , England has produced a literature that in com- prehensive scope and general excellence is second to none . No department of literature has ...
... French vivacity with Ger- man depth . If Germany excels in scholarship , and France in taste , England has produced a literature that in com- prehensive scope and general excellence is second to none . No department of literature has ...
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... French and an Anglo - Saxon literature existed side by side , while Latin , as the language of the church and of ... French . The new tongue , which gradually supplanted French and Latin , gained official recognition in 1362 , when it ...
... French and an Anglo - Saxon literature existed side by side , while Latin , as the language of the church and of ... French . The new tongue , which gradually supplanted French and Latin , gained official recognition in 1362 , when it ...
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... French became the social language of the ruling classes ; and the Anglo- Saxons , reduced to servitude , were despised . It required many generations to break down this harsh antagonism . The social condition of England in the ...
... French became the social language of the ruling classes ; and the Anglo- Saxons , reduced to servitude , were despised . It required many generations to break down this harsh antagonism . The social condition of England in the ...
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... French , he was ransomed by the English king for sixteen pounds . The time and circumstances of his marriage are involved in obscurity , though it is tolerably certain that his domestic life was not happy . He subsequently served on ...
... French , he was ransomed by the English king for sixteen pounds . The time and circumstances of his marriage are involved in obscurity , though it is tolerably certain that his domestic life was not happy . He subsequently served on ...
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... French , Latin , and Italian , and drew upon the literature of all these languages for the material of his writings . Unlike his contemporary Gower , he was not overborne by the weight of his learning . His native intellect- ual ...
... French , Latin , and Italian , and drew upon the literature of all these languages for the material of his writings . Unlike his contemporary Gower , he was not overborne by the weight of his learning . His native intellect- ual ...
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