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Page 141
... poet before Shakespeare and " the first finder of our language . " His The Canterbury Tales ranks as one of the greatest poetic works in English . A brief account of the life and works of Geof- frey Chaucer follows ; for a full ...
... poet before Shakespeare and " the first finder of our language . " His The Canterbury Tales ranks as one of the greatest poetic works in English . A brief account of the life and works of Geof- frey Chaucer follows ; for a full ...
Page 169
... poet and political journalist , generally considered the greatest French poet of the 18th century . His work was scarcely published until 25 years after his death . When the first collected edi- tion of Chénier's poetry appeared in 1819 ...
... poet and political journalist , generally considered the greatest French poet of the 18th century . His work was scarcely published until 25 years after his death . When the first collected edi- tion of Chénier's poetry appeared in 1819 ...
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... poet , playwright , and theatre manager who was made poet lau- reate on the strength of such successes as The Davenant , engraving by William Faithorne after John Greenhill , 1672 By courtesy of the trustees of the British Museum ...
... poet , playwright , and theatre manager who was made poet lau- reate on the strength of such successes as The Davenant , engraving by William Faithorne after John Greenhill , 1672 By courtesy of the trustees of the British Museum ...
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