A History of English Literature in a Series of Biographical SketchesNelson, 1892 - 550 pages |
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... Oxford and Cambridge — already distin- guished as schools — were elevated to the rank of universities , des- tined to be formidable rivals of the older institutions at Paris and Bologna . Latin being the professional language of ...
... Oxford and Cambridge — already distin- guished as schools — were elevated to the rank of universities , des- tined to be formidable rivals of the older institutions at Paris and Bologna . Latin being the professional language of ...
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... Oxford , also wrote Latin verses , but of quite a different stamp . A drinking - song in rhyming Latin is a well- known part of his satirical work , called the Confession of Golias , which was directed chiefly against the Church and the ...
... Oxford , also wrote Latin verses , but of quite a different stamp . A drinking - song in rhyming Latin is a well- known part of his satirical work , called the Confession of Golias , which was directed chiefly against the Church and the ...
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... was Adames hed found after Noes flode , in tokene that the synnes of Adam scholde ben bought in that same place . And upon that roche made Abraham sacrifise to our Lord . 46 THE STUDENTS OF OLD OXFORD . Wycliffe's birth .
... was Adames hed found after Noes flode , in tokene that the synnes of Adam scholde ben bought in that same place . And upon that roche made Abraham sacrifise to our Lord . 46 THE STUDENTS OF OLD OXFORD . Wycliffe's birth .
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William Francis Collier. 46 THE STUDENTS OF OLD OXFORD . Wycliffe's birth . Enters Oxford . His rapid rise . CHAPTER III . JOHN DE WYCLIFFE . Born about 1324 A.D .......... Died 1384 A.D. The Mendicant Friars . Begins to lecture . Envoy ...
William Francis Collier. 46 THE STUDENTS OF OLD OXFORD . Wycliffe's birth . Enters Oxford . His rapid rise . CHAPTER III . JOHN DE WYCLIFFE . Born about 1324 A.D .......... Died 1384 A.D. The Mendicant Friars . Begins to lecture . Envoy ...
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... Oxford ; but his place must have been , not among the fast men in the brew - houses , ringing with the sounds of fiddle and dance , but among the red - bound books in his quiet rooms , else how could he have won a Fellowship in Merton ...
... Oxford ; but his place must have been , not among the fast men in the brew - houses , ringing with the sounds of fiddle and dance , but among the red - bound books in his quiet rooms , else how could he have won a Fellowship in Merton ...
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