History of the English Language and Literature [by Robert Chambers]William and Robert Chambers, 1857 - 294 páginas |
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... minds have been awakened to a desire of knowledge ; guiding them to the stores of English literature , and dis- tinguishing for them those works which are most worthy of their attention . Being , however humble in object , or limited in ...
... minds have been awakened to a desire of knowledge ; guiding them to the stores of English literature , and dis- tinguishing for them those works which are most worthy of their attention . Being , however humble in object , or limited in ...
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... mind of the reader . The Knight , the Yeo- man , the Prioress , the Monk , the Merchant , the Lawyer , the Miller - all are exact and recognisable portraits . * * As a specimen of the verse of Chaucer , in its original ap . pearance ...
... mind of the reader . The Knight , the Yeo- man , the Prioress , the Monk , the Merchant , the Lawyer , the Miller - all are exact and recognisable portraits . * * As a specimen of the verse of Chaucer , in its original ap . pearance ...
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... minds as Chaucer's take shape , in some measure , from the state of learning and civilisation which may prevail in ... mind and its productions , notwithstanding his be- ing a native of that country , must be considered as of English ...
... minds as Chaucer's take shape , in some measure , from the state of learning and civilisation which may prevail in ... mind and its productions , notwithstanding his be- ing a native of that country , must be considered as of English ...
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... mind so long immured in prison , are in the highest style of poetry . * * * Ah , swete ! are ye a warldly creature , Or hevingly thing in likenesse of nature ? Or ar ye Cupidis owne princesse , And coming are to loose me out of band ...
... mind so long immured in prison , are in the highest style of poetry . * * * Ah , swete ! are ye a warldly creature , Or hevingly thing in likenesse of nature ? Or ar ye Cupidis owne princesse , And coming are to loose me out of band ...
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... minds of men . The immediate effects of these novelties upon English literature , were the enrichment of the language , as already mentioned , by a great variety of words from the classic tongues , the THIRD PERIOD -The Reigns of ...
... minds of men . The immediate effects of these novelties upon English literature , were the enrichment of the language , as already mentioned , by a great variety of words from the classic tongues , the THIRD PERIOD -The Reigns of ...
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