Chamber's Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and Biographical, of Authors in the English Tongue from the Earliest Times Till the Present Day, with Specimens of Their Writings, Volume 1J. B. Lippincott, 1910 - American literature |
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Page 56
... London , and on London , earning money by sing- ing requiems for hire . ' Reason , ' one of the char- acters in the poem , has been asking him what he does for a living , and he answers : ' Whanne ich yong was , ' quath ich , ' meny yer ...
... London , and on London , earning money by sing- ing requiems for hire . ' Reason , ' one of the char- acters in the poem , has been asking him what he does for a living , and he answers : ' Whanne ich yong was , ' quath ich , ' meny yer ...
Page 60
... London , the first who was a lay- man , the first who was connected with the Court . The writers of some of the romances may have possessed all these qualifications , but their work was impersonal and never rose to poetic self ...
... London , the first who was a lay- man , the first who was connected with the Court . The writers of some of the romances may have possessed all these qualifications , but their work was impersonal and never rose to poetic self ...
Page 61
... London , with the obligation to keep the rolls of his office with his own hand . In 1375 he was made the guardian of a certain Edmund Staple- gate of Kent , from whom he received , for wardship and marriage - fee , a sum of £ 104 , or ...
... London , with the obligation to keep the rolls of his office with his own hand . In 1375 he was made the guardian of a certain Edmund Staple- gate of Kent , from whom he received , for wardship and marriage - fee , a sum of £ 104 , or ...
Page 64
... London and the neighbour- hood , were distinctly holiday folk , but they were religious enough to be willing to listen to a very long sermon as they drew near their destination . In his immortal Prologue Chaucer tells us all about them ...
... London and the neighbour- hood , were distinctly holiday folk , but they were religious enough to be willing to listen to a very long sermon as they drew near their destination . In his immortal Prologue Chaucer tells us all about them ...
Page 77
... London , and remained there till his old age , living in Chester's Inn . Originally intended for the priest- hood , when he was nine- teen or twenty he entered the Privy Seal Office as a until some such provision could be made for him ...
... London , and remained there till his old age , living in Chester's Inn . Originally intended for the priest- hood , when he was nine- teen or twenty he entered the Privy Seal Office as a until some such provision could be made for him ...
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