History of English Literature: Wyclif, Chaucer, earliest drama, renaissance, tr. by W. C. RobinsonG. Belland sons, 1901 - English literature |
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... turned his attention from questions of church politics to questions of religion and faith . The ten years from 1370 to 1380 show an impor- tant change in Wyclif's inner life . From being merely a learned theologian , philosopher , and ...
... turned his attention from questions of church politics to questions of religion and faith . The ten years from 1370 to 1380 show an impor- tant change in Wyclif's inner life . From being merely a learned theologian , philosopher , and ...
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... turned the heads of many , and also that some misconceived doctrines and exhortations of Wyclif may have at first encouraged a few of the insurgents . If Wyclif assigned such an inde- pendent position to the layman in contrast to the ...
... turned the heads of many , and also that some misconceived doctrines and exhortations of Wyclif may have at first encouraged a few of the insurgents . If Wyclif assigned such an inde- pendent position to the layman in contrast to the ...
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... turned up again in England . The master himself seems to have been treated , this time also , with indulgence . Possibly out of old friend- ship for Wyclif , the obsequious policy of the court made a halt , and put a bridle on the ...
... turned up again in England . The master himself seems to have been treated , this time also , with indulgence . Possibly out of old friend- ship for Wyclif , the obsequious policy of the court made a halt , and put a bridle on the ...
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... turned it to such artistic account , and handled it so consistently in the disposition of his verse , that it m nevertheless , be considered as his own property , an rightfully called by his name . The earliest extant poem of Chaucer's ...
... turned it to such artistic account , and handled it so consistently in the disposition of his verse , that it m nevertheless , be considered as his own property , an rightfully called by his name . The earliest extant poem of Chaucer's ...
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... turned for help and consolation to the Virgin Mother . Whenever such a state of mind continued for any ength of time , it even determined the contents and pur- ort of his poems . And thus , under the influence of his talian journey ...
... turned for help and consolation to the Virgin Mother . Whenever such a state of mind continued for any ength of time , it even determined the contents and pur- ort of his poems . And thus , under the influence of his talian journey ...
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