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... verse that the true tradition of English verse was to be found in Chaucer rather than Pope . His famous description of a fairy - like garden again and again suggests Chaucer ; and not unsuccessfully : Р ' A noble range it was , of many ...
... verse that the true tradition of English verse was to be found in Chaucer rather than Pope . His famous description of a fairy - like garden again and again suggests Chaucer ; and not unsuccessfully : Р ' A noble range it was , of many ...
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... verse and novels ) to the Continent ; and no one went to more absurd lengths than Frederick the Great in the manufacture and insertion of ruins and symptoms of age . Le Roi Soleil at Versailles was not far behind him . The title of this ...
... verse and novels ) to the Continent ; and no one went to more absurd lengths than Frederick the Great in the manufacture and insertion of ruins and symptoms of age . Le Roi Soleil at Versailles was not far behind him . The title of this ...
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... Verse , A by R. L. Stevenson ( 1850-94 ) . Oxford . Compleat Angler , The by Izaak Walton ( 1593-1683 ) . Dent , Everyman . Compleat Gardener , The Anon . 1694 . Conquest of Peru , The by W. H. Prescott ( 1796-1859 ) . Dent , Everyman ...
... Verse , A by R. L. Stevenson ( 1850-94 ) . Oxford . Compleat Angler , The by Izaak Walton ( 1593-1683 ) . Dent , Everyman . Compleat Gardener , The Anon . 1694 . Conquest of Peru , The by W. H. Prescott ( 1796-1859 ) . Dent , Everyman ...
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