A History of English Literature, EtcT. Nelson & Sons, 1870 - 544 pages |
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... poetic legends of his country ; and when , grown more skilful , he learned to string into rude verses the story of his own day , it went , without his name to mark it , into the common stock of his craft . Hence the Anglo - Saxon poetry ...
... poetic legends of his country ; and when , grown more skilful , he learned to string into rude verses the story of his own day , it went , without his name to mark it , into the common stock of his craft . Hence the Anglo - Saxon poetry ...
Page 38
... poetic genius , something of the pliant muscle that bears Blondin along the perilous rope , and the rapid finger ... poet and the musician have found once more something like their fitting station in society ; but the tumbler ...
... poetic genius , something of the pliant muscle that bears Blondin along the perilous rope , and the rapid finger ... poet and the musician have found once more something like their fitting station in society ; but the tumbler ...
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... poet . He was made Clerk of Works at Westminster and other places , receiving , in lieu of the pensions he had been forced to sell , a pension of £ 20 and an annual pipe of wine . Wearied with public life , he retired about 1391 to his ...
... poet . He was made Clerk of Works at Westminster and other places , receiving , in lieu of the pensions he had been forced to sell , a pension of £ 20 and an annual pipe of wine . Wearied with public life , he retired about 1391 to his ...
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... poet . His common dress consisted of red hose , horned shoes , and a loose frock of camlet , reaching to the knee , with wide sleeves fastened at the wrist . Chaucer's fame as a writer rests chiefly upon his Canterbury Tales . The idea ...
... poet . His common dress consisted of red hose , horned shoes , and a loose frock of camlet , reaching to the knee , with wide sleeves fastened at the wrist . Chaucer's fame as a writer rests chiefly upon his Canterbury Tales . The idea ...
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... poet's day quite superseded as the speech of the upper classes in England . Many of Chaucer's words require a French accentuation ; such as aventúre , licóur , coráge . There has been much discussion about the true way of reading ...
... poet's day quite superseded as the speech of the upper classes in England . Many of Chaucer's words require a French accentuation ; such as aventúre , licóur , coráge . There has been much discussion about the true way of reading ...
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