A History of English Literature, in a Series of Biographical SketchesT. Nelson and Sons, 1871 - 549 pages |
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... John de Wycliffe ... ....................................... IV . Geoffrey Chaucer ... John Gower ......... 61 44 46 VI . King James I. of Scotland .......... VII . Other Writers of the First Era ... 64 67 53 SECOND ERA . FROM THE ...
... John de Wycliffe ... ....................................... IV . Geoffrey Chaucer ... John Gower ......... 61 44 46 VI . King James I. of Scotland .......... VII . Other Writers of the First Era ... 64 67 53 SECOND ERA . FROM THE ...
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... John Dryden ................... ........................ VI . John Locke ....... Chap . Page Chap . Page I. The Court of Charles II ............ 219 II . Samuel Butler ........ 236 223 243 III . John ...
... John Dryden ................... ........................ VI . John Locke ....... Chap . Page Chap . Page I. The Court of Charles II ............ 219 II . Samuel Butler ........ 236 223 243 III . John ...
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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 of Salisbury's chief work was called Polycraticon , a pleasant and learned treatise upon the " Frivolities of Courtiers , and the Footsteps of Philoso- phers . " This accomplished monk died in 1182 , being then Bishop of Chartres ...
... John of Salisbury's chief work was called Polycraticon , a pleasant and learned treatise upon the " Frivolities of Courtiers , and the Footsteps of Philoso- phers . " This accomplished monk died in 1182 , being then Bishop of Chartres ...
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