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... English period . The extant texts suggest that the Norman Conquest had little immediate effect on English writing : during William the Conqueror's reign even royal writs and charters continued sometimes to be issued in English . Changes ...
... English period . The extant texts suggest that the Norman Conquest had little immediate effect on English writing : during William the Conqueror's reign even royal writs and charters continued sometimes to be issued in English . Changes ...
Page 1139
... English Book of Com- mon Prayer ( 1549 , 1552 , 1559 ) , while the successive ver- sions ( 1525 , 1535 , 1537 , 1539 , 1560 , 1568 ) of the Scrip- tures provided a noble and enduring pattern for vast heroic narrative and sublime lyrical ...
... English Book of Com- mon Prayer ( 1549 , 1552 , 1559 ) , while the successive ver- sions ( 1525 , 1535 , 1537 , 1539 , 1560 , 1568 ) of the Scrip- tures provided a noble and enduring pattern for vast heroic narrative and sublime lyrical ...
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... English literature : STANLEY B. GREENFIELD , A Critical His- tory of Old English Literature ( 1965 ) ; WILLIAM P. KER , Medi- eval English Literature ( 1912 , reprinted 1962 ) , an established useful introduction ; WILLIAM L. RENWICK ...
... English literature : STANLEY B. GREENFIELD , A Critical His- tory of Old English Literature ( 1965 ) ; WILLIAM P. KER , Medi- eval English Literature ( 1912 , reprinted 1962 ) , an established useful introduction ; WILLIAM L. RENWICK ...
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