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... Chaucer ( died 1400 ) , the Netherlandic spelling system has undergone a series of official reforms to keep it in line with changes in pronunciation . The principal in- consistencies in the spelling of vowels are the spellings ij and ei ...
... Chaucer ( died 1400 ) , the Netherlandic spelling system has undergone a series of official reforms to keep it in line with changes in pronunciation . The principal in- consistencies in the spelling of vowels are the spellings ij and ei ...
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... Chaucer in England ; Dante in Italy during the Renaissance ; and , later , the English Elizabethans and John Milton . Racine in France and Goethe in Germany revived Greek drama , and near- ly all the major English poets from Shakespeare ...
... Chaucer in England ; Dante in Italy during the Renaissance ; and , later , the English Elizabethans and John Milton . Racine in France and Goethe in Germany revived Greek drama , and near- ly all the major English poets from Shakespeare ...
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