A History of English Literature in a Series of Biographical SketchesNelson, 1892 - 550 pages |
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... John Gower ..... 61 II . Sir John de Mandeville .............. 44 VI . King James I. of Scotland .......... 64 III . John de Wycliffe ........ 46 VII . Other Writers of the First Era ... 67 IV . Geoffrey Chaucer ........... ...........
... John Gower ..... 61 II . Sir John de Mandeville .............. 44 VI . King James I. of Scotland .......... 64 III . John de Wycliffe ........ 46 VII . Other Writers of the First Era ... 67 IV . Geoffrey Chaucer ........... ...........
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... John Dryden ............................................. . VI . John Locke ....... Page 236 243 VII . Other Writers of the Fifth Era ... 246 SIXTH ERA . FROM THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THE TATLER IN 1709 A.D. TO THE PUBLICATION OF PAMELA ...
... John Dryden ............................................. . VI . John Locke ....... Page 236 243 VII . Other Writers of the Fifth Era ... 246 SIXTH ERA . FROM THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THE TATLER IN 1709 A.D. TO THE PUBLICATION OF PAMELA ...
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... John Scotus or Erigena , although not a Saxon , but , as his name shows , an Irishman , claims our special notice here . Little is known of this great man . He probably settled in France 26 HOW DUNSTAN WON HIS SAINTSHIP . about 845 ,
... John Scotus or Erigena , although not a Saxon , but , as his name shows , an Irishman , claims our special notice here . Little is known of this great man . He probably settled in France 26 HOW DUNSTAN WON HIS SAINTSHIP . about 845 ,
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... John of Salisbury . The Norman Romance . Romance tongues of France . Prevalence of Latin . Latin poetry . CHAPTER IV . ANGLO - NORMAN WRITERS . The Chronicles . Ingulphus . Ordericus Vitalis . William of Malmesbury . Geoffrey of ...
... John of Salisbury . The Norman Romance . Romance tongues of France . Prevalence of Latin . Latin poetry . CHAPTER IV . ANGLO - NORMAN WRITERS . The Chronicles . Ingulphus . Ordericus Vitalis . William of Malmesbury . Geoffrey of ...
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... John de Mandeville . He was born at St. Albans in Hertfordshire about the year 1300. Educated for the medical profession , he had scarcely finished his studies when , impelled by the irresistible desire of change , or , perhaps , by ...
... John de Mandeville . He was born at St. Albans in Hertfordshire about the year 1300. Educated for the medical profession , he had scarcely finished his studies when , impelled by the irresistible desire of change , or , perhaps , by ...
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