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... Näfels . Ottoman victory over Chris- tians at Kossova Boniface IX Restoration of the Greek Lan- • 1389 guage in Italy by Manuel Chrysolaras 99 1390 AT HOME . A.D. ABROAD . Chaucer's Astrolabe Gower's Confessio liv HISTORICAL EVENTS .
... Näfels . Ottoman victory over Chris- tians at Kossova Boniface IX Restoration of the Greek Lan- • 1389 guage in Italy by Manuel Chrysolaras 99 1390 AT HOME . A.D. ABROAD . Chaucer's Astrolabe Gower's Confessio liv HISTORICAL EVENTS .
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... Greek Sinon , That broughtest Troye al outrely to sorwe ! O Chauntecleer , accursed be that morwe , That thou into that yerd floughe fro the bemes ! Thou were ful wel iwarned by thy dremes , 410 That thilke day was perilous to the . But ...
... Greek Sinon , That broughtest Troye al outrely to sorwe ! O Chauntecleer , accursed be that morwe , That thou into that yerd floughe fro the bemes ! Thou were ful wel iwarned by thy dremes , 410 That thilke day was perilous to the . But ...
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... Greeks used κa após in the same sense . ( Tyrwhitt . ) 1. 425. at thi large , at large . 1. 444. White like box wood , or ashen - gray ; cf. l . 506 . 1. 459. to letten of his wille , to refrain from his will ( or lusts ) . 1. 486. upon ...
... Greeks used κa após in the same sense . ( Tyrwhitt . ) 1. 425. at thi large , at large . 1. 444. White like box wood , or ashen - gray ; cf. l . 506 . 1. 459. to letten of his wille , to refrain from his will ( or lusts ) . 1. 486. upon ...
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... Greek póros , a passage . Welfare , wohl- fahrt , would be Greek euporia , opposed to aporia , helplessness . In Sanskrit the same word appears , though slightly altered - namely , char , to walk . [ Cf. Sansk . chal , to move , swerve ...
... Greek póros , a passage . Welfare , wohl- fahrt , would be Greek euporia , opposed to aporia , helplessness . In Sanskrit the same word appears , though slightly altered - namely , char , to walk . [ Cf. Sansk . chal , to move , swerve ...
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... Greek Text , with English Notes and English Verse , Translation , and an Introduction . By BERNARD DRAKE , M.A. , late Fellow of King's College , Cambridge . 8vo . $ 1 . The Greek text adopted in this Edition is based upon that of ...
... Greek Text , with English Notes and English Verse , Translation , and an Introduction . By BERNARD DRAKE , M.A. , late Fellow of King's College , Cambridge . 8vo . $ 1 . The Greek text adopted in this Edition is based upon that of ...
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