History of English Literature: Wyclif, Chaucer, earliest drama, renaissance, tr. by W. C. RobinsonG. Belland sons, 1901 |
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... Nature . His Verse : the Decasyllabo borrowed from Italian . Compleynte to Pite . Chaucer's First Fruitless Love , VI . - Chaucer and John of Gaunt . Chaucer a Royal Com- missioner to Genoa and Florence ( 1370-1373 ) . Importance of his ...
... Nature . His Verse : the Decasyllabo borrowed from Italian . Compleynte to Pite . Chaucer's First Fruitless Love , VI . - Chaucer and John of Gaunt . Chaucer a Royal Com- missioner to Genoa and Florence ( 1370-1373 ) . Importance of his ...
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... Nature . Play of the Credo . Its History . Miracles Referring to the Sacra- ment . The Play of the Sacrament - a Miracle of Hera- clea in Arragon . Its Contents . Play of St. George . St. John's Day . Celebration of May Day . Play of ...
... Nature . Play of the Credo . Its History . Miracles Referring to the Sacra- ment . The Play of the Sacrament - a Miracle of Hera- clea in Arragon . Its Contents . Play of St. George . St. John's Day . Celebration of May Day . Play of ...
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... Nature . Contest between Good and Evil . Their Contents . Comparison . Extract . Play of Mankynde . Comedy . Play of Every- body . Contents . Origin . Comparison with the Mysteries . Dramatic Progress . Personification . The " Idea " in ...
... Nature . Contest between Good and Evil . Their Contents . Comparison . Extract . Play of Mankynde . Comedy . Play of Every- body . Contents . Origin . Comparison with the Mysteries . Dramatic Progress . Personification . The " Idea " in ...
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... natural science than most of the theologians of his time . He was formidable as a dialectician , and above all he had an enthusiastic reverence for the Holy Scriptures , of which he had also an intimate knowledge . There was still alive ...
... natural science than most of the theologians of his time . He was formidable as a dialectician , and above all he had an enthusiastic reverence for the Holy Scriptures , of which he had also an intimate knowledge . There was still alive ...
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... nature ; then as it is developed in civil society , or the dominion of man over man . In following out the leading ideas into the domain of religious and church life , the author treats in succession of the " Truth of the Holy ...
... nature ; then as it is developed in civil society , or the dominion of man over man . In following out the leading ideas into the domain of religious and church life , the author treats in succession of the " Truth of the Holy ...
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