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 1 |
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... French idiom . Desiring to resemble the nobles , that they may thus seem of greater consequence , the country people use every endeavour to talk French . In this way , to a surprising degree , the natural and proper speech of Englishmen ...
... French idiom . Desiring to resemble the nobles , that they may thus seem of greater consequence , the country people use every endeavour to talk French . In this way , to a surprising degree , the natural and proper speech of Englishmen ...
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... French origin , and in the second only eighty . Even if , as is probable , this is an underestimate , it is clear that the author , writing with a French text before him , studiously endea- voured to keep his vocabulary wholly English ...
... French origin , and in the second only eighty . Even if , as is probable , this is an underestimate , it is clear that the author , writing with a French text before him , studiously endea- voured to keep his vocabulary wholly English ...
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... French lillies . The Duke of Yorke so dread , The eager vaward led ; With the maine Henry sped , Amongst his hench - men . Excester had the rere , A braver man not there , O Lord , how hot they were On the false French men ! They now to ...
... French lillies . The Duke of Yorke so dread , The eager vaward led ; With the maine Henry sped , Amongst his hench - men . Excester had the rere , A braver man not there , O Lord , how hot they were On the false French men ! They now to ...
Contents
HALFHEATHEN POETRY | 7 |
LATIN WRITERS BEFORE ÆLFRED | 16 |
POETRY FROM ALFRED TO THE CONQUEST | 23 |
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