Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature, Volume 1J.B. Lippincott Company, 1902 - American literature |
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Page 34
... French or Anglo- Norman language . Probably the largest section of this French literature was that of the various kinds of books written with a religious aim - devotional treatises , translations or ex- planations of the Psalms , the ...
... French or Anglo- Norman language . Probably the largest section of this French literature was that of the various kinds of books written with a religious aim - devotional treatises , translations or ex- planations of the Psalms , the ...
Page 35
... 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 , but he is the last English poet who seriously used a foreign language as the ...
... 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 , but he is the last English poet who seriously used a foreign language as the ...
Page 37
... 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 ...
Page 40
... French origin appear as rhymes — that is , in a position where they could not easily have been foisted in by a later scribe - and the literary and metrical features of the poem make for as late a date as philology will allow to be ...
... French origin appear as rhymes — that is , in a position where they could not easily have been foisted in by a later scribe - and the literary and metrical features of the poem make for as late a date as philology will allow to be ...
Page 42
... French knight was at Gloucester , made sherif by the king , Sir Macy de Besile , and constable also . The barons spoke against it that it was not wel i - do , So they made provision , for they would French.nan nonę . Another sheriff ...
... French knight was at Gloucester , made sherif by the king , Sir Macy de Besile , and constable also . The barons spoke against it that it was not wel i - do , So they made provision , for they would French.nan nonę . Another sheriff ...
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