Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Edited from Original Manuscripts and Scarce Publications, Volume 8Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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... England in the fourteenth century . A good edition was printed at Nuremberg in 1485 , as I can state from a comparison of it with several manuscripts . The tales selected from John of Bromyard for the present work , are given from an ...
... England in the fourteenth century . A good edition was printed at Nuremberg in 1485 , as I can state from a comparison of it with several manuscripts . The tales selected from John of Bromyard for the present work , are given from an ...
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... England , previous to the fifteenth century . There are , however , evident allusions to it in these fables . But the most decided proof of the knowledge of this romance at an early period in England is found in an English metrical ...
... England , previous to the fifteenth century . There are , however , evident allusions to it in these fables . But the most decided proof of the knowledge of this romance at an early period in England is found in an English metrical ...
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... England . Dan . Is it so ! I thinke you dwell in a fine country , in a sweete wholesome aire , and fruitfull grounds . Sam . Aire , man ! I find no fault with the aire , there be naughtie people . Dan . Naughtie people ! where shall a ...
... England . Dan . Is it so ! I thinke you dwell in a fine country , in a sweete wholesome aire , and fruitfull grounds . Sam . Aire , man ! I find no fault with the aire , there be naughtie people . Dan . Naughtie people ! where shall a ...
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