A History of English Literature, in a Series of Biographical SketchesT. Nelson and Sons, 1871 - 549 pages |
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... dying bed . From the beginning of April until the end of May 735 , he continued to sink under an attack of asthma ... died as the last words of the sacred utterance were breathed from his lips . XALCUIN . The year 735 , which sealed ...
... dying bed . From the beginning of April until the end of May 735 , he continued to sink under an attack of asthma ... died as the last words of the sacred utterance were breathed from his lips . XALCUIN . The year 735 , which sealed ...
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... died , and his grandson Richard reigned . So marked a man had Wycliffe become in this Reformation struggle , that the first Parliament of Richard II . submitted to him a question , " Was it lawful to keep back the treasure of the king ...
... died , and his grandson Richard reigned . So marked a man had Wycliffe become in this Reformation struggle , that the first Parliament of Richard II . submitted to him a question , " Was it lawful to keep back the treasure of the king ...
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... Died 1400 A.D. Comptroller of Customs . Sunshine . Under Richard II . Flight of the poet . Abroad . In the Tower . Evening of life . Character . The " Canterbury Tales . " Manner of reading Chaucer . Minor works . Illustrative extracts ...
... Died 1400 A.D. Comptroller of Customs . Sunshine . Under Richard II . Flight of the poet . Abroad . In the Tower . Evening of life . Character . The " Canterbury Tales . " Manner of reading Chaucer . Minor works . Illustrative extracts ...
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... died on the 25th of October , 1400. His body was buried close by in the Abbey , where the dust of England's noblest dead is laid . Chaucer's chequered life was such as to wear off all the little roughnesses and conceits of his earlier ...
... died on the 25th of October , 1400. His body was buried close by in the Abbey , where the dust of England's noblest dead is laid . Chaucer's chequered life was such as to wear off all the little roughnesses and conceits of his earlier ...
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... Died 1408 A.D. Gower's poetic rank . His family and calling . His patron . His death . Three chief works . His French sonnets . Confessio Amantis . Opinion of Ellis . Illustrative extract . THOUGH ranking far below the great Father of ...
... Died 1408 A.D. Gower's poetic rank . His family and calling . His patron . His death . Three chief works . His French sonnets . Confessio Amantis . Opinion of Ellis . Illustrative extract . THOUGH ranking far below the great Father of ...
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