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... poets before him are almost forgotten , and you could not even read their rhymes without some study ; so much does the old English differ from our own . A short lyric from an unknown poet of the thirteenth century will show the state of ...
... poets before him are almost forgotten , and you could not even read their rhymes without some study ; so much does the old English differ from our own . A short lyric from an unknown poet of the thirteenth century will show the state of ...
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... pathetic tale is told of a young nobleman , who , after sacri- ficing every thing in pursuit of a haughty dame , resolved to dress his hawk for her dinner , as the last and greatest proof of his love . Chaucer's poems are full of CHAUCER .
... pathetic tale is told of a young nobleman , who , after sacri- ficing every thing in pursuit of a haughty dame , resolved to dress his hawk for her dinner , as the last and greatest proof of his love . Chaucer's poems are full of CHAUCER .
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... , " Children be still . " Chaucer , though a close student of books ( or rather manuscripts written on parchment , for books were then * Full of care . almost unknown ) , was a great lover of nature 10 HOME PICTURES OF ENGLISH POETS .
... , " Children be still . " Chaucer , though a close student of books ( or rather manuscripts written on parchment , for books were then * Full of care . almost unknown ) , was a great lover of nature 10 HOME PICTURES OF ENGLISH POETS .
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... poem , “ The Court of Line " was wiINE while at college , when only efter oid register of the Line of Cont eating t Chancer was ined two filling to beatle friar in Fleet " rest " suppomi aw evde i the In some way he obtained the ...
... poem , “ The Court of Line " was wiINE while at college , when only efter oid register of the Line of Cont eating t Chancer was ined two filling to beatle friar in Fleet " rest " suppomi aw evde i the In some way he obtained the ...
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... poem to some extent . His poetry exhibits a rare combination of opposite excellences " the sportive fancy , painting and gilding every thing with the keen , observant , matter - of - fact spirit , that looks through whatever it glances ...
... poem to some extent . His poetry exhibits a rare combination of opposite excellences " the sportive fancy , painting and gilding every thing with the keen , observant , matter - of - fact spirit , that looks through whatever it glances ...
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