English Literature Primers: Romance PeriodHarper & brothers, 1878 - 153 стор. |
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... sing ; the Slave was still a wandering savage ; Greece and the East were lost , the schools of Ireland for- gotten , when the Saxon intellect began to show a rare fertility , and surpassed the pro- ductions of its Southern masters . I ...
... sing ; the Slave was still a wandering savage ; Greece and the East were lost , the schools of Ireland for- gotten , when the Saxon intellect began to show a rare fertility , and surpassed the pro- ductions of its Southern masters . I ...
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... singing his verses at the feasts of wealthy citizens . Yet his life is probably wholly unknown . His poem , Piers Ploughman , appeared about 1360 , was writ- ten in alliterative verse instead of rhyme . It caught at once the popular ear ...
... singing his verses at the feasts of wealthy citizens . Yet his life is probably wholly unknown . His poem , Piers Ploughman , appeared about 1360 , was writ- ten in alliterative verse instead of rhyme . It caught at once the popular ear ...
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... sings : He is not gentile , though he rich seeme , All [ though ] weare he miter , croune , or diademe . Or , in the Wife of Bath's Tale , in a coarser vein : Swiche arrogance is not worth a hen . The fairy's discourse on " gentillnesse ...
... sings : He is not gentile , though he rich seeme , All [ though ] weare he miter , croune , or diademe . Or , in the Wife of Bath's Tale , in a coarser vein : Swiche arrogance is not worth a hen . The fairy's discourse on " gentillnesse ...
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... sings , O lady mine , Creseide , Where is your faith , and where is your behest ? Where is your love , where is your truth ? In his despair he throws himself upon the Greeks , thousands of whom perish . He seeks Diomede everywhere ...
... sings , O lady mine , Creseide , Where is your faith , and where is your behest ? Where is your love , where is your truth ? In his despair he throws himself upon the Greeks , thousands of whom perish . He seeks Diomede everywhere ...
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... sing ; a leafy lane opens through banks of turf and green grass soft as wool . Under an arbor of vines the poet lingers , when suddenly a troop of fair women , more gra- cious than the day , break into the lovely glade , and begin to ...
... sing ; a leafy lane opens through banks of turf and green grass soft as wool . Under an arbor of vines the poet lingers , when suddenly a troop of fair women , more gra- cious than the day , break into the lovely glade , and begin to ...
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