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... whole Germanic world and their lifetimes extend over two hundred years . He was , he tells us , with Eormanric ( the Gothic king who died about 370 ) ; " likewise I was in Italy with Ælfwine , ” he tells us elsewhere in the poem , and ...
... whole Germanic world and their lifetimes extend over two hundred years . He was , he tells us , with Eormanric ( the Gothic king who died about 370 ) ; " likewise I was in Italy with Ælfwine , ” he tells us elsewhere in the poem , and ...
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... whole scheme - two stories from each pilgrim on the outward journey , and two each again on the return- was far from complete when Chaucer died . But the real purpose of the scheme was to give Chaucer the opportunity of welding his ...
... whole scheme - two stories from each pilgrim on the outward journey , and two each again on the return- was far from complete when Chaucer died . But the real purpose of the scheme was to give Chaucer the opportunity of welding his ...
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... whole fierce reality of Shylock's char- acter produces a new level of probability in the play on which Bas- sanio and Jessica and even Portia have a much less real existence . The gap between the fairy tale and the real world shows in ...
... whole fierce reality of Shylock's char- acter produces a new level of probability in the play on which Bas- sanio and Jessica and even Portia have a much less real existence . The gap between the fairy tale and the real world shows in ...
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CHAPTER PAGE 1 ANGLOSAXON LITERATURE | 3 |
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THE VICTORIAN POETS 993 | 13 |
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