A History of English Literature, in a Series of Biographical SketchesT. Nelson and Sons, 1871 - 549 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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... 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 Wycliffe's birth . Enters Oxford . THE STUDENTS OF.
... 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 Wycliffe's birth . Enters Oxford . THE STUDENTS OF.
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William Francis Collier. 46 Wycliffe's birth . Enters Oxford . THE STUDENTS OF OLD OXFORD . CHAPTER III . JOHN DE WYCLIFFE . Born about 1324 A.D .......... Died 1384 A.D. Wycliffe at St. Paul's . Synod of Lambeth . " His death . His ...
William Francis Collier. 46 Wycliffe's birth . Enters Oxford . THE STUDENTS OF OLD OXFORD . CHAPTER III . JOHN DE WYCLIFFE . Born about 1324 A.D .......... Died 1384 A.D. Wycliffe at St. Paul's . Synod of Lambeth . " His death . His ...
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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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