A History of English Literature in a Series of Biographical SketchesNelson, 1892 - 550 pages |
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Page vii
... James I. of Scotland .......... 64 III . John de Wycliffe ........ 46 VII . Other Writers of the First Era ... 67 IV . Geoffrey Chaucer ........... .............................. 53 SECOND ERA . FROM THE INTRODUCTION OF PRINTING IN 1474 ...
... James I. of Scotland .......... 64 III . John de Wycliffe ........ 46 VII . Other Writers of the First Era ... 67 IV . Geoffrey Chaucer ........... .............................. 53 SECOND ERA . FROM THE INTRODUCTION OF PRINTING IN 1474 ...
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... ............. IN 1784 A.D. 294 Century II . James Thomson ..... ............................................. . 301 III . Samuel Richardson ................... 306 IV . Henry Fielding ... 311 316 V. Tobias Smollett ... VI . Thomas Gray ..
... ............. IN 1784 A.D. 294 Century II . James Thomson ..... ............................................. . 301 III . Samuel Richardson ................... 306 IV . Henry Fielding ... 311 316 V. Tobias Smollett ... VI . Thomas Gray ..
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... James Macpherson , as translations from Gaelic manuscripts as old as the fourth century , are now generally looked on as literary forgeries , executed by their clever but not very scrupulous editor . The ancient manuscripts , from which ...
... James Macpherson , as translations from Gaelic manuscripts as old as the fourth century , are now generally looked on as literary forgeries , executed by their clever but not very scrupulous editor . The ancient manuscripts , from which ...
Page 52
... these thingis to the ellevene and to alle othere . And there was Marye Maudeleyn and Jone and Marye of James , and othere wymmen that weren with hem , that seiden to Apostlis these thingis . EARLY LIFE OF CHAUCER . 53 Chaucer's early life .
... these thingis to the ellevene and to alle othere . And there was Marye Maudeleyn and Jone and Marye of James , and othere wymmen that weren with hem , that seiden to Apostlis these thingis . EARLY LIFE OF CHAUCER . 53 Chaucer's early life .
Page 63
... and with that worde He threwe to fore hem on the borde The golde oute of his honde anon , And seide hem that he wolde none , So that he kepte his liberte To do justicé and equite . reason 64 THE POET KING , CHAPTER VI KING JAMES I.
... and with that worde He threwe to fore hem on the borde The golde oute of his honde anon , And seide hem that he wolde none , So that he kepte his liberte To do justicé and equite . reason 64 THE POET KING , CHAPTER VI KING JAMES I.
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