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... honours . Chaucer's mind was cast in the mould of Poetry , and his genius was practised and enriched by the most * Born in London , 1328 , died 1400 . singular diversity of knowledge and situation . He was a PREFACE .
... honours . Chaucer's mind was cast in the mould of Poetry , and his genius was practised and enriched by the most * Born in London , 1328 , died 1400 . singular diversity of knowledge and situation . He was a PREFACE .
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... honoured to the latest period of the language . But the genuine praise of the Poet rests with posterity and of those noble ornaments of our country , and it can possess none nobler , happily all survive , with the exception of Keats ...
... honoured to the latest period of the language . But the genuine praise of the Poet rests with posterity and of those noble ornaments of our country , and it can possess none nobler , happily all survive , with the exception of Keats ...
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... honour , freedom and courtesie . Full worthy was he in his lord's war , And thereto had he ridden , near and farre , As well in Christendom as in Heatheness , And ever honoured for his worthiness . At Alisandr ' he was when it was won ...
... honour , freedom and courtesie . Full worthy was he in his lord's war , And thereto had he ridden , near and farre , As well in Christendom as in Heatheness , And ever honoured for his worthiness . At Alisandr ' he was when it was won ...
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... honour , sudden and quick in quarrel , Seeking the bubble reputation Even in the cannon's mouth . And then , the justice ; In fair round belly , with good capon lined , With eyes severe , and beard of formal cut , Full of wise saws and ...
... honour , sudden and quick in quarrel , Seeking the bubble reputation Even in the cannon's mouth . And then , the justice ; In fair round belly , with good capon lined , With eyes severe , and beard of formal cut , Full of wise saws and ...
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... honours thick upon him : The third day comes a frost , a killing frost ; And , when he thinks , good easy man , full surely His greatness was a ripening , -nips his root , And then he falls , as I do . I have ventured , Like little ...
... honours thick upon him : The third day comes a frost , a killing frost ; And , when he thinks , good easy man , full surely His greatness was a ripening , -nips his root , And then he falls , as I do . I have ventured , Like little ...
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