The Origin & History of the English Language, & of the Early Literature it EmbodiesC. Scribner & Company, 1867 - 574 pages |
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... CHAUCER AND GOWER LECTURE X. THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY TO THE TIME OF CAXTON PAGE 295 339 • 379 · 454 LECTURE XI . THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE FROM CAXTON TO THE ACCESSION OF ...
... CHAUCER AND GOWER LECTURE X. THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY TO THE TIME OF CAXTON PAGE 295 339 • 379 · 454 LECTURE XI . THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE FROM CAXTON TO THE ACCESSION OF ...
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... Chaucer , The Canterbury Tales of Geoffrey Chaucer , a new text , edited by T. Wright for the Percy Society , London , 1847-1851 , 3 vols . 12mo . Reprint of same text , s . A. 1 vol . 8vo . The Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer , with ...
... Chaucer , The Canterbury Tales of Geoffrey Chaucer , a new text , edited by T. Wright for the Percy Society , London , 1847-1851 , 3 vols . 12mo . Reprint of same text , s . A. 1 vol . 8vo . The Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer , with ...
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... Chaucer . Ulfila , Oder die uns erhaltenen Denkmäler der Gothischen Sprache , Text . Grammatik und Wörterbuch , bearbeitet und herausgegeben von F. L. Stamm , Paderborn , 1858 , 1 B. 8vo . I have used also the very valuable edition of ...
... Chaucer . Ulfila , Oder die uns erhaltenen Denkmäler der Gothischen Sprache , Text . Grammatik und Wörterbuch , bearbeitet und herausgegeben von F. L. Stamm , Paderborn , 1858 , 1 B. 8vo . I have used also the very valuable edition of ...
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... Chaucer is , both for literary and for grammatical purposes , the most im- portant source of information respecting ... Chaucer himself , but even of any one of the scribes who have copied his writings . No competent scholar has yet ...
... Chaucer is , both for literary and for grammatical purposes , the most im- portant source of information respecting ... Chaucer himself , but even of any one of the scribes who have copied his writings . No competent scholar has yet ...
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... Chaucer a study can doubt that he had an orthographical , a grammatical , and a prosodical system , though we have not yet succeeded in finding the key to them . Besides the very strong internal evidence of his works , we have , in his ...
... Chaucer a study can doubt that he had an orthographical , a grammatical , and a prosodical system , though we have not yet succeeded in finding the key to them . Besides the very strong internal evidence of his works , we have , in his ...
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