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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... references to the Bible , its use of Biblical language , and its teaching in the spirit of the Bible . And now the great work , the translation of the Bible , likewise inspired and commenced by the master at Oxford , became a powerful ...
... references to the Bible , its use of Biblical language , and its teaching in the spirit of the Bible . And now the great work , the translation of the Bible , likewise inspired and commenced by the master at Oxford , became a powerful ...
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... references and situations cannot be clearly understood o account of their dreamy indefiniteness . The poet has at first considerable trouble in inducing the knight to speak . But when the ice is once broken , he shows a great desire to ...
... references and situations cannot be clearly understood o account of their dreamy indefiniteness . The poet has at first considerable trouble in inducing the knight to speak . But when the ice is once broken , he shows a great desire to ...
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... references . The fear of ruffling his epic dress keeps a heavy hand on the poet's imagination -there are no lifelike secondary characters , no happily invented or pleasantly executed subsidiary motives , no artfully arranged transitions ...
... references . The fear of ruffling his epic dress keeps a heavy hand on the poet's imagination -there are no lifelike secondary characters , no happily invented or pleasantly executed subsidiary motives , no artfully arranged transitions ...
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... reference to his youth , which may excuse much , and which , in spite of many fears , inspires the poet with good hopes for the future . The sharpest darts of Gower's satire were directed , as was then so customary and necessary ...
... reference to his youth , which may excuse much , and which , in spite of many fears , inspires the poet with good hopes for the future . The sharpest darts of Gower's satire were directed , as was then so customary and necessary ...
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