History of English Literature: From the fourteenth century to the death of Surrey, ed. by A. Brandl. tr. by I. Dora SchmitzG. Belland sons, 1902 - English literature |
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... seems , however , to have thought that prose was more suitable for the people , there being a kind of transition to it in the alliterative verse ( indigenous to that part of the country ) , when presented without archaisms and without ...
... seems , however , to have thought that prose was more suitable for the people , there being a kind of transition to it in the alliterative verse ( indigenous to that part of the country ) , when presented without archaisms and without ...
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... seems as if we were endeavouring to gather up , without the help of pagination , the loose leaves of a book which had got into disorder . And yet our difficulty and the impression of arbitrariness . made by the English version arise ...
... seems as if we were endeavouring to gather up , without the help of pagination , the loose leaves of a book which had got into disorder . And yet our difficulty and the impression of arbitrariness . made by the English version arise ...
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... seems , after the manner of Geoffrey of Monmouth , in that pseudo- historical connection called the " Brut . " Thereupon writers directed their attention to that vast mine of French romances the origin of which is only now beginning to ...
... seems , after the manner of Geoffrey of Monmouth , in that pseudo- historical connection called the " Brut . " Thereupon writers directed their attention to that vast mine of French romances the origin of which is only now beginning to ...
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... seems almost likely that Marguerite of Anjou , or some one in her immediate sur- roundings , may have suggested the work . This princess , who in 1445 became King Henry's wife , had various interests in literature , and had doubtless ...
... seems almost likely that Marguerite of Anjou , or some one in her immediate sur- roundings , may have suggested the work . This princess , who in 1445 became King Henry's wife , had various interests in literature , and had doubtless ...
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... decade , however , there seems no doubt that Maunde- ville's " Narrative of his Travels " was originally written in French , that all the other existing texts , in the different languages , are more or less faithful translations - whether.
... decade , however , there seems no doubt that Maunde- ville's " Narrative of his Travels " was originally written in French , that all the other existing texts , in the different languages , are more or less faithful translations - whether.
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