Prose of the English RenaissanceJohn William Hebel Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1952 - 882 pages |
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... tongue , everything is so excellently done in them that none can do better ; in the English tongue , contrary , everything in a manner so meanly , both for the matter and handling , that no man can do worse . For therein the least ...
... tongue , everything is so excellently done in them that none can do better ; in the English tongue , contrary , everything in a manner so meanly , both for the matter and handling , that no man can do worse . For therein the least ...
Page 124
... tongues is no 10 bar for wise speaking . For in the rudest country , and most barbarous mother language , many be found can speak very wisely ; but in the Greek and Latin tongue , the two only learned tongues , which be kept , not in ...
... tongues is no 10 bar for wise speaking . For in the rudest country , and most barbarous mother language , many be found can speak very wisely ; but in the Greek and Latin tongue , the two only learned tongues , which be kept , not in ...
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... tongue perfectly ; then my neighbor's with whom I have most commerce . I must needs acknowledge that the Greek and Latin tongues are great ornaments in a gentleman , but they are purchased at over- high a rate . Use it who list , I will ...
... tongue perfectly ; then my neighbor's with whom I have most commerce . I must needs acknowledge that the Greek and Latin tongues are great ornaments in a gentleman , but they are purchased at over- high a rate . Use it who list , I will ...
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SIR THOMAS MORE | 1 |
JOHN BOURCHIER LORD BERNERS | 24 |
The Chronicles of Froissart vol 1 chap | 146 |
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