English Masterpieces, Volume 1P. Owen, 1957 |
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Page 59
... writing his Confessio Amantis , a collection of some hundred stories in verse ( 1383 or 1384 ) . William Langland , or whatever authors contributed to the Piers Plowman , with moral earnestness and mordant satire , was laying bare the ...
... writing his Confessio Amantis , a collection of some hundred stories in verse ( 1383 or 1384 ) . William Langland , or whatever authors contributed to the Piers Plowman , with moral earnestness and mordant satire , was laying bare the ...
Page 710
... writing either discovers new beauties or receives stronger impressions from the masterly strokes of a great author every time he peruses him ; besides that he naturally 20 wears himself into the same manner of speaking and thinking ...
... writing either discovers new beauties or receives stronger impressions from the masterly strokes of a great author every time he peruses him ; besides that he naturally 20 wears himself into the same manner of speaking and thinking ...
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... writing , which was , I believe , borrowed from Marini 10 and his followers , had been recommended by the ex- ample of Donne , a man of very extensive and various knowledge ; and by Jonson , whose manner resembled that of Donne more in ...
... writing , which was , I believe , borrowed from Marini 10 and his followers , had been recommended by the ex- ample of Donne , a man of very extensive and various knowledge ; and by Jonson , whose manner resembled that of Donne more in ...
Contents
1425 | 3 |
MIDDLE ENGLISH LITERATURE | 58 |
GEOFFREY CHAUCER | 97 |
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