The Literature and the Literary Men of Great Britain and Ireland: In Two Volumes, Volume 1Harper, 1851 - 576 pages |
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... Court Life , and the Advantages of Adversity ... 302 Song from As You Like It .... 302 Life and Death Weighed .. 303 Fear of Death ......... 303 End of all Earthly Glories .. 304 Othello's Relation of his Courtship to the Senate .. 304 ...
... Court Life , and the Advantages of Adversity ... 302 Song from As You Like It .... 302 Life and Death Weighed .. 303 Fear of Death ......... 303 End of all Earthly Glories .. 304 Othello's Relation of his Courtship to the Senate .. 304 ...
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... court to court , and such was the general favor in which they were held , that even kings were frequently their companions , and often vied with them in their own favorite strains . Of the poetry of these minstrels , Sismondi has given ...
... court to court , and such was the general favor in which they were held , that even kings were frequently their companions , and often vied with them in their own favorite strains . Of the poetry of these minstrels , Sismondi has given ...
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... rise of the Commons in the time of Edward the First , yet the French long kept possession of the court , 1 Maiden . the schools , and the higher circles ; and it 1350 A.D. ] 43 CHAUCER . ROBERT LANGLAND Mercy and Truth allegorized.
... rise of the Commons in the time of Edward the First , yet the French long kept possession of the court , 1 Maiden . the schools , and the higher circles ; and it 1350 A.D. ] 43 CHAUCER . ROBERT LANGLAND Mercy and Truth allegorized.
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... Court of Love , and some other minor poems , all of which gave promise of the future poetic eminence to which he was destined to attain . From Cambridge Chaucer removed , according to Warton and others , to the university of Oxford ...
... Court of Love , and some other minor poems , all of which gave promise of the future poetic eminence to which he was destined to attain . From Cambridge Chaucer removed , according to Warton and others , to the university of Oxford ...
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... court favor were extended to him . It was during this period that he completed his ' Canterbury Tales , ' and com- posed many other works , the last of which was the Testament of Love , an allegory in prose . Upon the death of the duke ...
... court favor were extended to him . It was during this period that he completed his ' Canterbury Tales , ' and com- posed many other works , the last of which was the Testament of Love , an allegory in prose . Upon the death of the duke ...
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