History of English Literature: Wyclif, Chaucer, earliest drama, renaissance, tr. by W. C. RobinsonG. Belland sons, 1901 - English literature |
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... the Appendix to which frequent reference is made in these pages . It had not gone through the press when the author's sudden and lamented death occurred in January , 1892 . 204248 Among the last acts of his life were his reading.
... the Appendix to which frequent reference is made in these pages . It had not gone through the press when the author's sudden and lamented death occurred in January , 1892 . 204248 Among the last acts of his life were his reading.
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... Death and Importance . Luther and Calvin . Nicolas Hereford and John Purvey , V. - Dawn of the Renaissance . Geoffrey Chaucer at Court . His First Verses . Parentage . Expedition to France . Imprisonment . Chaucer's Times and Society ...
... Death and Importance . Luther and Calvin . Nicolas Hereford and John Purvey , V. - Dawn of the Renaissance . Geoffrey Chaucer at Court . His First Verses . Parentage . Expedition to France . Imprisonment . Chaucer's Times and Society ...
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... Death . Wandering Jew . Sources . 66 The Shipman - Prioress - Chaucer - Monk - Nun's Priest Fragment . Shipman's Tale : How the Paris Monk Lends the Mer- chant's Wife One Hundred Francs . Sources . Prioress's Tale : How Jews Murder a ...
... Death . Wandering Jew . Sources . 66 The Shipman - Prioress - Chaucer - Monk - Nun's Priest Fragment . Shipman's Tale : How the Paris Monk Lends the Mer- chant's Wife One Hundred Francs . Sources . Prioress's Tale : How Jews Murder a ...
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... Death , 189-206 BOOK V. LANCASTER AND YORK . I. Significance of Chaucer's Death . His Disciples and Suc- cessors . Works Attributed to Chaucer . Henry Scogan . Thomas Occleve . His Youth in London . Poem to Health . Extract . Loss of ...
... Death , 189-206 BOOK V. LANCASTER AND YORK . I. Significance of Chaucer's Death . His Disciples and Suc- cessors . Works Attributed to Chaucer . Henry Scogan . Thomas Occleve . His Youth in London . Poem to Health . Extract . Loss of ...
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... death in 1307 , but was resumed by his grandson . The year 1333 , when Edward III . took the reins of government into his own hands , was all - important for the relations of England with Rome . Henceforth the Curia waited in vain for ...
... death in 1307 , but was resumed by his grandson . The year 1333 , when Edward III . took the reins of government into his own hands , was all - important for the relations of England with Rome . Henceforth the Curia waited in vain for ...
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