Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer: Canterbury tales.- v. 3. Troylus and Cryseyde, etc.-v. 4. Romaunt of the rose, etcG. Bell, 1885 |
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... historical accuracy of representing Urban as lying hid in the catacombs or ' seyntes sepulchres , ' gives an air of authenticity to these acts The fruyt of thilke seed of chastite That thou hast 12 THE CANTERBURY TALES .
... historical accuracy of representing Urban as lying hid in the catacombs or ' seyntes sepulchres , ' gives an air of authenticity to these acts The fruyt of thilke seed of chastite That thou hast 12 THE CANTERBURY TALES .
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... historical episode has in the highest degree those ele- ments of ' gravity and deep import ' which are defined as constituting true tragedy . The reader will doubtless call to mind the graphic and striking manner in which the same theme ...
... historical episode has in the highest degree those ele- ments of ' gravity and deep import ' which are defined as constituting true tragedy . The reader will doubtless call to mind the graphic and striking manner in which the same theme ...
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... history entitled Pauli Diaconi de Gestis Roman- orum . Tyrwhitt quotes the following lines from William of Nassyngton to show that a gestour was a very different person from our jester : — I warne you furst at the begynninge , That I ...
... history entitled Pauli Diaconi de Gestis Roman- orum . Tyrwhitt quotes the following lines from William of Nassyngton to show that a gestour was a very different person from our jester : — I warne you furst at the begynninge , That I ...
Page 123
... history . The six first books of this work come down to the death of Pepin . They begin thus : Qui se comenza la hystoria el Real di Franza comenzando a Constantino imperatore secondo molte lezende che io ho attrovate e racolte insieme ...
... history . The six first books of this work come down to the death of Pepin . They begin thus : Qui se comenza la hystoria el Real di Franza comenzando a Constantino imperatore secondo molte lezende che io ho attrovate e racolte insieme ...
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... History , the Chronicles of Prosper and Jerom , and Aurelius Victor's Origin of the Roman Nation . See Opera Cassio- dori ; Rothomag . These compilations and abridgments were very popular in the middle ages . 2 Prov . xii . 5 . 3 Psalms ...
... History , the Chronicles of Prosper and Jerom , and Aurelius Victor's Origin of the Roman Nation . See Opera Cassio- dori ; Rothomag . These compilations and abridgments were very popular in the middle ages . 2 Prov . xii . 5 . 3 Psalms ...
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Page 187 - I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds ; I will be like the Most High. Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.