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... play of Pericles , attributed to Shakespeare , is founded ) ; of this also an edition by Mr. Thorpe , with a literal translation , appeared in 1834 . Of the other prose remains the most important are the fragments of the Laws , among ...
... play of Pericles , attributed to Shakespeare , is founded ) ; of this also an edition by Mr. Thorpe , with a literal translation , appeared in 1834 . Of the other prose remains the most important are the fragments of the Laws , among ...
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... play , called the Play of St. Catharine , which was acted by his scholars , dressed character- istically in copes borrowed from the sacrist of the neighbouring abbey of St. Albans , of which Geoffrey afterwards became abbot . The king ...
... play , called the Play of St. Catharine , which was acted by his scholars , dressed character- istically in copes borrowed from the sacrist of the neighbouring abbey of St. Albans , of which Geoffrey afterwards became abbot . The king ...
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... play of which the name has been preserved . Its claim to stand at the head of modern dramatic literature , however , has been disputed . " Perhaps , " observes a late learned writer , " the plays of Roswitha , a nun of Gander- sheim in ...
... play of which the name has been preserved . Its claim to stand at the head of modern dramatic literature , however , has been disputed . " Perhaps , " observes a late learned writer , " the plays of Roswitha , a nun of Gander- sheim in ...
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... play of counteracting elements and tendencies ; nothing but the sort of life and movement that may belong to a stone or a cannon - ball or any other mere mass . The royal power was all in all . With the Charter , and the death of the ...
... play of counteracting elements and tendencies ; nothing but the sort of life and movement that may belong to a stone or a cannon - ball or any other mere mass . The royal power was all in all . With the Charter , and the death of the ...
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... them . 9 Dream . 4 Worn out with wandering . 7 It sounded so pleasant . 10 Saw . 12 Handsomely built . 15 Played full seldom , 13 Working . 16 Laboured , And wonnen that wasters With gluttony destroyeth . ' And PIERS PLOUGHMAN . 229.
... them . 9 Dream . 4 Worn out with wandering . 7 It sounded so pleasant . 10 Saw . 12 Handsomely built . 15 Played full seldom , 13 Working . 16 Laboured , And wonnen that wasters With gluttony destroyeth . ' And PIERS PLOUGHMAN . 229.
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