History of the English Language and Literature [by Robert Chambers]William and Robert Chambers, 1857 - 294 páginas |
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... extent , the only History of English Literature which has as yet been given to the world , this volume was necessarily the result of considerable labour . Very great pains have been taken to ensure correctness in matters of fact ,
... extent , the only History of English Literature which has as yet been given to the world , this volume was necessarily the result of considerable labour . Very great pains have been taken to ensure correctness in matters of fact ,
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... considerable a department of European litera- ture . Dante wrote chiefly in an allegorical style ; that is to say , he described all kinds of abstract ideas under the semblance of things real and tangible . Petrarch , on the other hand ...
... considerable a department of European litera- ture . Dante wrote chiefly in an allegorical style ; that is to say , he described all kinds of abstract ideas under the semblance of things real and tangible . Petrarch , on the other hand ...
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... considerable merit . The same age produced the two first writers of English prose , SIR JOHN MANDEVILLE , a celebrated traveller , and JOHN WICLIFFE , who distinguished himself by his attempts to reform re- ligion . Mandeville travelled ...
... considerable merit . The same age produced the two first writers of English prose , SIR JOHN MANDEVILLE , a celebrated traveller , and JOHN WICLIFFE , who distinguished himself by his attempts to reform re- ligion . Mandeville travelled ...
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... considerable learning . He , about the year 1371 , composed a long poem in eight- syllabled measure , commemorating the adventures of King Robert Bruce . Though this work must for general reasons be classed with the chronicles , it is ...
... considerable learning . He , about the year 1371 , composed a long poem in eight- syllabled measure , commemorating the adventures of King Robert Bruce . Though this work must for general reasons be classed with the chronicles , it is ...
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... 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 ranged over a great variety of styles . His muse , ' says ...
... 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 ranged over a great variety of styles . His muse , ' says ...
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