Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature, Volume 1J.B. Lippincott Company, 1902 - American literature |
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... appeared in West Saxon . Now , there was a great gap in the manuscript after the line 234 , and some copyist of the poem inserted , in order to fill up the space , lines 235-851 , out of an Old Saxon poem ( it is supposed ) which had ...
... appeared in West Saxon . Now , there was a great gap in the manuscript after the line 234 , and some copyist of the poem inserted , in order to fill up the space , lines 235-851 , out of an Old Saxon poem ( it is supposed ) which had ...
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... appeared first in Latin , then in French , and only finally in English . It was the Historia Regum Britannia of Geoffrey of Monmouth which started the legends on their This famous book , which differs literary career . widely from the ...
... appeared first in Latin , then in French , and only finally in English . It was the Historia Regum Britannia of Geoffrey of Monmouth which started the legends on their This famous book , which differs literary career . widely from the ...
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... appeared at a later date in England , together with echoes of two other much smaller and less important French cycles , those connected with the stories of Alexander the Great and of the siege of Troy . As will be seen , moreover ...
... appeared at a later date in England , together with echoes of two other much smaller and less important French cycles , those connected with the stories of Alexander the Great and of the siege of Troy . As will be seen , moreover ...
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... appeared edited by Thomas Speght , and others were issued in 1687 and 1721 , the latter edited by Urry . These collected editions contained many works not by Chaucer , and their text was disfigured by every possible blunder , so that ...
... appeared edited by Thomas Speght , and others were issued in 1687 and 1721 , the latter edited by Urry . These collected editions contained many works not by Chaucer , and their text was disfigured by every possible blunder , so that ...
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... appeared at the time of writing , our quotation is taken from the late Professor Morley's edited text in his Carisbrooke Library ( 1889 ) , an excellent example of a popular edition : Of hem that writen us to - fore The bokės dwelle ...
... appeared at the time of writing , our quotation is taken from the late Professor Morley's edited text in his Carisbrooke Library ( 1889 ) , an excellent example of a popular edition : Of hem that writen us to - fore The bokės dwelle ...
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