Chamber's Cyclopędia 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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of the fourteenth century we find John Gower writing long poems in Latin and French ( see page 74 ) before he turned to English in his Latin - named Confessio Amantis . Gower also wrote French balades which have real literary merit ...
of the fourteenth century we find John Gower writing long poems in Latin and French ( see page 74 ) before he turned to English in his Latin - named Confessio Amantis . Gower also wrote French balades which have real literary merit ...
Page 137
Charge them vpon their allegiaunce yat this singular benefit of God maye be practised , and that it be not turned into bollyng , glossyng and whoryng wythin the townes , for they be negligente in executyng these lawes of shuting .
Charge them vpon their allegiaunce yat this singular benefit of God maye be practised , and that it be not turned into bollyng , glossyng and whoryng wythin the townes , for they be negligente in executyng these lawes of shuting .
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And here it proved , for that ladies sake , that troppo amore turned to presto dolore . Upon which sight , to speake the truth , I searched both their pockets , and found their two silken purses full loaden with Spanish pistolls ...
And here it proved , for that ladies sake , that troppo amore turned to presto dolore . Upon which sight , to speake the truth , I searched both their pockets , and found their two silken purses full loaden with Spanish pistolls ...
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| Title | Chamber's Cyclopędia 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 Chamber's Cyclopędia 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, John Liddell Geddie |
| Author | Robert Chambers |
| Editor | David Patrick |
| Published | 1922 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 2 Sep 2010 |
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