Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions of English Authors, from Earliest to the Present Time : Connected by a Critical and Biographical HistoryRobert Chambers Gould, Kendall and Lincoln, 1850 - English literature |
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... taste . It was almost exclusively devoted to the rhetorical literature , elegant but artificial , which flourished during the earlier half of the eighteenth century , overlooking even the great names of Chaucer and Spenser , as well as ...
... taste . It was almost exclusively devoted to the rhetorical literature , elegant but artificial , which flourished during the earlier half of the eighteenth century , overlooking even the great names of Chaucer and Spenser , as well as ...
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... taste may come ; And if ye no rest can take , All night minstrels for you shall wake . IMMEDIATE PREDECESSORS OF CHAUCER . nunnery of Hampole , four miles from Doncaster . He wrote metrical paraphrases of certain parts of Scripture ...
... taste may come ; And if ye no rest can take , All night minstrels for you shall wake . IMMEDIATE PREDECESSORS OF CHAUCER . nunnery of Hampole , four miles from Doncaster . He wrote metrical paraphrases of certain parts of Scripture ...
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... | turies , i . 63 . 11 Be satisfied with thy wealth . 14 Taste . 13 Prosperity has ceased . 16 Without fear . 17 Nail . 20 That ( which ) . 1 All privily went hame their way ; At that 23 CHAUCER . GOWER . ENGLISH LITERATURE .
... | turies , i . 63 . 11 Be satisfied with thy wealth . 14 Taste . 13 Prosperity has ceased . 16 Without fear . 17 Nail . 20 That ( which ) . 1 All privily went hame their way ; At that 23 CHAUCER . GOWER . ENGLISH LITERATURE .
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... taste upon the romance writers who flourished before him in England . A lost work of his , entitled The Brute , probably another in addition to the many versions of the story of Brutus of Troy , first made popular by Geoffrey of ...
... taste upon the romance writers who flourished before him in England . A lost work of his , entitled The Brute , probably another in addition to the many versions of the story of Brutus of Troy , first made popular by Geoffrey of ...
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... taste full sour ! The large green courts where we were wont to hove , With eyes cast up into the Maiden Tower , And easy sighs such as folk draw in love . The stately seats , the ladies bright of hue ; The dances short , long tales of ...
... taste full sour ! The large green courts where we were wont to hove , With eyes cast up into the Maiden Tower , And easy sighs such as folk draw in love . The stately seats , the ladies bright of hue ; The dances short , long tales of ...
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