History of Prose Fiction, Volume 2G. Bell and sons, 1888 - Fiction |
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... satires against the clergy , absurd didactic poems , moral songs versified from the works of Boethius , and insipid pas- torals . But they were principally occupied with amo- rous compositions , and abstruse speculations on nature of ...
... satires against the clergy , absurd didactic poems , moral songs versified from the works of Boethius , and insipid pas- torals . But they were principally occupied with amo- rous compositions , and abstruse speculations on nature of ...
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... satirical and encomiastic songs , and during the twelfth century a good number of an amatory description , filled with tire- some gallantry , whining supplications , and perpetual com- plaints against evil speakers . We likewise find a ...
... satirical and encomiastic songs , and during the twelfth century a good number of an amatory description , filled with tire- some gallantry , whining supplications , and perpetual com- plaints against evil speakers . We likewise find a ...
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... satire should commence the attack . Fauchet [ 1. i . ch . 126 ] , a similar story is related of Jean de Meung , author of the continuation of the Romaunt of the Rose ; but as the Romaunt was not finished till the year 1300 , this tale ...
... satire should commence the attack . Fauchet [ 1. i . ch . 126 ] , a similar story is related of Jean de Meung , author of the continuation of the Romaunt of the Rose ; but as the Romaunt was not finished till the year 1300 , this tale ...
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... satire , does not require to be proved ; but that Boccaccio should have dared to expose them , is the second , and perhaps the most curious problem , connected with the history of the Decameron . It would appear , however , that the ...
... satire , does not require to be proved ; but that Boccaccio should have dared to expose them , is the second , and perhaps the most curious problem , connected with the history of the Decameron . It would appear , however , that the ...
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... satire , too , is directed against the friars , who wandered about as preachers and confessors , and were no favourites of the regular clergy , whom they deprived of profits and inheritances . The church was also aware that the ...
... satire , too , is directed against the friars , who wandered about as preachers and confessors , and were no favourites of the regular clergy , whom they deprived of profits and inheritances . The church was also aware that the ...
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