History of English Literature: Wyclif, Chaucer, earliest drama, renaissance, tr. by W. C. RobinsonG. Belland sons, 1901 - English literature |
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... probably over a quarter of a century . Born in the northern extremity of Yorkshire , he possessed all the keenness of perception , all the firmness of character , and even all the obstinacy of purpose of his Yorkshire countrymen ...
... probably over a quarter of a century . Born in the northern extremity of Yorkshire , he possessed all the keenness of perception , all the firmness of character , and even all the obstinacy of purpose of his Yorkshire countrymen ...
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... probably more or less influenced by Richard's works . With the same rigorous consistency as Richard , Wyclif regulated his whole life in conformity with what he found once and for all to be the right ; he was moved with the same zeal as ...
... probably more or less influenced by Richard's works . With the same rigorous consistency as Richard , Wyclif regulated his whole life in conformity with what he found once and for all to be the right ; he was moved with the same zeal as ...
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... probably commis- sioned by high authority - to answer the question in an exhaustive reply , with a convincing display of dialectics and exegesis . His answer was , of course , in the affirma- tive . Such restless and significant ...
... probably commis- sioned by high authority - to answer the question in an exhaustive reply , with a convincing display of dialectics and exegesis . His answer was , of course , in the affirma- tive . Such restless and significant ...
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... probably have taken this step at once , even if the schism of the Popes , some twenty months after the termination of the " Baby- lonian Captivity , " had not given a new and greater shock to Christendom . In January , 1377 , the papacy ...
... probably have taken this step at once , even if the schism of the Popes , some twenty months after the termination of the " Baby- lonian Captivity , " had not given a new and greater shock to Christendom . In January , 1377 , the papacy ...
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... probably in the year 1379 , he says : " Let Urban only continue in right- eousness as the true representative of St. Peter , and his election is valid . . . But if he errs from the way , his election is void , and it would be better for ...
... probably in the year 1379 , he says : " Let Urban only continue in right- eousness as the true representative of St. Peter , and his election is valid . . . But if he errs from the way , his election is void , and it would be better for ...
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