A Short History of English LiteratureH. Milford, 1921 - 404 sivua |
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... great closeness , but omits , adds , and expands to suit his purposes . In his transla- tion of Orosius he inserted one notable passage of his own , the account , which he took down from their own 8 HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE.
... great closeness , but omits , adds , and expands to suit his purposes . In his transla- tion of Orosius he inserted one notable passage of his own , the account , which he took down from their own 8 HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE.
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... notable are in Latin . Literature And when literature in the vernacular comes to life again 1066-1350 towards the close of the eleventh century , it accomplishes at first , and for some considerable time , nothing of great intrinsic ...
... notable are in Latin . Literature And when literature in the vernacular comes to life again 1066-1350 towards the close of the eleventh century , it accomplishes at first , and for some considerable time , nothing of great intrinsic ...
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... notable development in the hands of Chaucer , Lydgate , and Caxton , in connexion with whom it will again be 1 Cf. Bifel so in the comesing of May , When merry and hot is the day , And away beth winter showers , And every field is full ...
... notable development in the hands of Chaucer , Lydgate , and Caxton , in connexion with whom it will again be 1 Cf. Bifel so in the comesing of May , When merry and hot is the day , And away beth winter showers , And every field is full ...
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... notable exceptions the prose writings of English- Victory of men during the latter half of the fourteenth century are the Verna- important rather through their bearing on the development cular . of our literature , than for any great ...
... notable exceptions the prose writings of English- Victory of men during the latter half of the fourteenth century are the Verna- important rather through their bearing on the development cular . of our literature , than for any great ...
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... notable body of English song . The greater number of the poems , and the earliest , are religious . Though Christian , they carry with them something of the gloom which is part of the older pagan faith , and is inseparable from Anglo ...
... notable body of English song . The greater number of the poems , and the earliest , are religious . Though Christian , they carry with them something of the gloom which is part of the older pagan faith , and is inseparable from Anglo ...
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