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of the homily helps to link the several Biblical stories which illustrate it.21 Chaucer may have known in earlier or contem- porary poetry something which gave him a hint of the possibili- ties of repetition as a linking device , and he ...
of the homily helps to link the several Biblical stories which illustrate it.21 Chaucer may have known in earlier or contem- porary poetry something which gave him a hint of the possibili- ties of repetition as a linking device , and he ...
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There would be nothing left but the bare bones of the story , something utterly different in kind from the subtly humorous poem which Chaucer created for a quick - witted and sophisticated audience . It is inconceivable that Chaucer ...
There would be nothing left but the bare bones of the story , something utterly different in kind from the subtly humorous poem which Chaucer created for a quick - witted and sophisticated audience . It is inconceivable that Chaucer ...
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I am assuming that Chaucer was trained in grammatica and rhetorica ( or perhaps ' poetria ' ) in his youth . In fact , of course , we know nothing about his education except what can be deduced from his works .
I am assuming that Chaucer was trained in grammatica and rhetorica ( or perhaps ' poetria ' ) in his youth . In fact , of course , we know nothing about his education except what can be deduced from his works .
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Contents
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS By Sir H I Bell | 15 |
ALESSANDRO MANZONI Italian Lecture By A P dEntrèves | 23 |
MORAL PRINCIPLES AND INDUCTIVE POLICIES Philosophical | 51 |
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| Title | Proceedings of the British Academy, Volume 36 Proceedings of the British Academy, British Academy |
| Author | British Academy |
| Publisher | British Academy |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 25 Nov 2009 |
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