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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... translated the proverbs of Solo- mon into French verse ; Geoffroi Gaimar , author of a chronicle of the Anglo - Saxon kings ; and David , a trouveere of considerable eminence , whose works are lost , were the most noted predecessors of ...
... translated the proverbs of Solo- mon into French verse ; Geoffroi Gaimar , author of a chronicle of the Anglo - Saxon kings ; and David , a trouveere of considerable eminence , whose works are lost , were the most noted predecessors of ...
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... translated , is presented in the sequel . With refe- rence to a larger extract given by Mr Ellis , of which the other ... translation of Wace , executed about 1180. ] * • Tha the king igeten1 hafde And al his mon - weorede , 2 Tha bugan3 ...
... translated , is presented in the sequel . With refe- rence to a larger extract given by Mr Ellis , of which the other ... translation of Wace , executed about 1180. ] * • Tha the king igeten1 hafde And al his mon - weorede , 2 Tha bugan3 ...
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... translation : - Henry , through God's sup- And preached so fast , and with so great wisdom , port , King of England , Lord of Ireland , Duke of Nor - That about in each lond the cross fast me nome.3 mandy , of Acquitain , Earl of Anjou ...
... translation : - Henry , through God's sup- And preached so fast , and with so great wisdom , port , King of England , Lord of Ireland , Duke of Nor - That about in each lond the cross fast me nome.3 mandy , of Acquitain , Earl of Anjou ...
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... translated , under the name of a Handling of reign of Edward I. , and throughout that of Edward Sins , a French book , entitled Manuel des Pêches , the composition of William de Wadington , in which the seven deadly sins are illustrated ...
... translated , under the name of a Handling of reign of Edward I. , and throughout that of Edward Sins , a French book , entitled Manuel des Pêches , the composition of William de Wadington , in which the seven deadly sins are illustrated ...
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... translated into Latin by Petrarch . Why , ' asks Mr Godwin , did Chaucer choose to confess his obligation for it to Petrarch rather than to Boc- caccio , from whose volume Petrarch confessedly translated it ? For this very natural ...
... translated into Latin by Petrarch . Why , ' asks Mr Godwin , did Chaucer choose to confess his obligation for it to Petrarch rather than to Boc- caccio , from whose volume Petrarch confessedly translated it ? For this very natural ...
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