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... English writer of the middle of the eighth century had at his command a prose style comparable to that of the Icelandic prose sagas . The continuity of English prose from the Old English ( or Anglo - Saxon ) period to the Middle English ...
... English writer of the middle of the eighth century had at his command a prose style comparable to that of the Icelandic prose sagas . The continuity of English prose from the Old English ( or Anglo - Saxon ) period to the Middle English ...
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... English prose , and though the French language affected both the vocabulary and the pronunciation of English , Middle English literature - English litera- ture between the early twelfth and the late fifteenth centuries — is in many ...
... English prose , and though the French language affected both the vocabulary and the pronunciation of English , Middle English literature - English litera- ture between the early twelfth and the late fifteenth centuries — is in many ...
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... English prose were made in the fifteenth century ; among them are treatises on medicine , hunting , hawking , and political theory , mostly translated from the French or Latin . The finest literary prose of the century was that of ...
... English prose were made in the fifteenth century ; among them are treatises on medicine , hunting , hawking , and political theory , mostly translated from the French or Latin . The finest literary prose of the century was that of ...
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CHAPTER PAGE 1 ANGLOSAXON LITERATURE | 3 |
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