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... Chaucer in the middle of the fourteenth century . G. L. C. P.S. Upon more careful consideration , I find that the simile in the 6th Iliad is not fairly represented in the translation given vol . ii . p . 520. Nothing turns upon it ; but ...
... Chaucer in the middle of the fourteenth century . G. L. C. P.S. Upon more careful consideration , I find that the simile in the 6th Iliad is not fairly represented in the translation given vol . ii . p . 520. Nothing turns upon it ; but ...
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... Chaucer 245 John Gower 306 John Barbour 317 Compound English Prose : - Mandeville ; Trevisa ; Wiclif ; Chaucer * 331 • Universities in the Fifteenth Century 348 Revival of Letters : -Invention of Printing 354 Printing in England ...
... Chaucer 245 John Gower 306 John Barbour 317 Compound English Prose : - Mandeville ; Trevisa ; Wiclif ; Chaucer * 331 • Universities in the Fifteenth Century 348 Revival of Letters : -Invention of Printing 354 Printing in England ...
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... Chaucer : -Romaunt of the Rose ; Dream 242 244 278 House of Fame ; Eagle's Address to Chaucer . 281 Doctrine of Universal Gravitation 283 " " 99 Production and Propagation of Sound 284 Notice of Fire - arms 285 " " " " 99 39 39 29 Old ...
... Chaucer : -Romaunt of the Rose ; Dream 242 244 278 House of Fame ; Eagle's Address to Chaucer . 281 Doctrine of Universal Gravitation 283 " " 99 Production and Propagation of Sound 284 Notice of Fire - arms 285 " " " " 99 39 39 29 Old ...
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... Chaucer Tale of the Caskets 307 312 99 " " 99 " 9 Barbour - The Bruce ; Purpose of the Author Story of Caius Fabricius 315 323 99 " " " " " Eulogy on Freedom " " Sir James of Douglas . Battle of Bannockburn 99 325 327 328 Ayenbyte of ...
... Chaucer Tale of the Caskets 307 312 99 " " 99 " 9 Barbour - The Bruce ; Purpose of the Author Story of Caius Fabricius 315 323 99 " " " " " Eulogy on Freedom " " Sir James of Douglas . Battle of Bannockburn 99 325 327 328 Ayenbyte of ...
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... Chaucer in his Canterbury Tales , § although only the latter seems to have understood the delicate ridicule of the allusion . The " craft of Galfride " ( so he names Vinsauf ) is also celebrated by the great English poet , apparently ...
... Chaucer in his Canterbury Tales , § although only the latter seems to have understood the delicate ridicule of the allusion . The " craft of Galfride " ( so he names Vinsauf ) is also celebrated by the great English poet , apparently ...
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