History of English Literature: Wyclif, Chaucer, earliest drama, renaissance, tr. by W. C. RobinsonG. Belland sons, 1901 - English literature |
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... greater clearness of diction . But I must assume personally the entire respon- sibility for whatever failings or demerits the trans- lation may be found to possess . University Extension Office , WM CLARKE ROBINSON . Philadelphia ...
... greater clearness of diction . But I must assume personally the entire respon- sibility for whatever failings or demerits the trans- lation may be found to possess . University Extension Office , WM CLARKE ROBINSON . Philadelphia ...
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... greater discretion and better success than Henry II . he had set about his work without , however , being able to settle the most important and burning questions . His line of policy was interrupted by his death in 1307 , but was ...
... greater discretion and better success than Henry II . he had set about his work without , however , being able to settle the most important and burning questions . His line of policy was interrupted by his death in 1307 , but was ...
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... greater shock to Christendom . In January , 1377 , the papacy had returned from Avignon to Rome in the person of Greg- ory XI . , who died March 27 , 1378. The first words and deeds of Urban VI . , who was raised to the chair of St ...
... greater shock to Christendom . In January , 1377 , the papacy had returned from Avignon to Rome in the person of Greg- ory XI . , who died March 27 , 1378. The first words and deeds of Urban VI . , who was raised to the chair of St ...
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... greater mark on his language . The Mid- land dialect with a strong Eastern coloring forms the basis of his idiom ; but this idiom , owing to the geograph- ical position of Oxford , is in many respects tinged with that of the southern ...
... greater mark on his language . The Mid- land dialect with a strong Eastern coloring forms the basis of his idiom ; but this idiom , owing to the geograph- ical position of Oxford , is in many respects tinged with that of the southern ...
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... greater effect in fixing the future uniformity of the language than the prelude to the Reformation , whose first champion occupied our attention so exclusively in the last chapter . This new impulse also originated on the banks of the ...
... greater effect in fixing the future uniformity of the language than the prelude to the Reformation , whose first champion occupied our attention so exclusively in the last chapter . This new impulse also originated on the banks of the ...
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