History of the English Language and Literature [by Robert Chambers]William and Robert Chambers, 1857 - 294 páginas |
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... THOMAS OCCLEVE , a lawyer , who wrote several poems of considerable merit , though now very little read . About the same time , or a little later , JOHN LYDGATE , a monk of Bury , was well known for his poetical compositions , which ...
... THOMAS OCCLEVE , a lawyer , who wrote several poems of considerable merit , though now very little read . About the same time , or a little later , JOHN LYDGATE , a monk of Bury , was well known for his poetical compositions , which ...
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... THOMAS MORE , Lord Chancellor , is particularly worthy of notice . Being a devoted adherent of the Catholic faith , he published several pamphlets in defence of it , some of which were in English . He wrote , in 1516 , his cele- brated ...
... THOMAS MORE , Lord Chancellor , is particularly worthy of notice . Being a devoted adherent of the Catholic faith , he published several pamphlets in defence of it , some of which were in English . He wrote , in 1516 , his cele- brated ...
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... Thomas Wyatt are the only poets of the reign of Henry VIII . whose writ- ings now bear any value . The former was the eldest son of the Duke of Norfolk , and was born in 1516. He was educated at Windsor , in company with a natural son ...
... Thomas Wyatt are the only poets of the reign of Henry VIII . whose writ- ings now bear any value . The former was the eldest son of the Duke of Norfolk , and was born in 1516. He was educated at Windsor , in company with a natural son ...
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... THOMAS WILSON of Cam- bridge , under the title of The Art of Rhetoric ; it was a work of some merit . Another distinguished instructive writer of this age , was ROGER ASCHAM , preceptor to Queen Elizabeth . He wrote an essay entitled ...
... THOMAS WILSON of Cam- bridge , under the title of The Art of Rhetoric ; it was a work of some merit . Another distinguished instructive writer of this age , was ROGER ASCHAM , preceptor to Queen Elizabeth . He wrote an essay entitled ...
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... Thomas Lodge ; and Robert Southwell ; in all of whose works are to be found some strikingly beautiful pieces . It may be mentioned that this was the age when collections of fugitive and miscellaneous poetry first became common . Several ...
... Thomas Lodge ; and Robert Southwell ; in all of whose works are to be found some strikingly beautiful pieces . It may be mentioned that this was the age when collections of fugitive and miscellaneous poetry first became common . Several ...
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