Shaw's New History of English Literature: Prepared on the Basis of "Shaw's Manual"Sheldon & Company, 1877 - 404 páginas |
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... vigorous national development . But the union of the Anglo - Saxon tribes was hardly effected before the Danes invaded the country in large numbers , changed the sovereignty over much of the territory , and endeavored to subjugate the ...
... vigorous national development . But the union of the Anglo - Saxon tribes was hardly effected before the Danes invaded the country in large numbers , changed the sovereignty over much of the territory , and endeavored to subjugate the ...
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... had carried the splen- dor of chivalry to the height of its development ; the victo- ries of Sluys , of Crécy , and Poitiers , by exciting the national pride , tended to fuse into one vigorous nationality the CHAPTER IV GEOFFREY CHAUCER.
... had carried the splen- dor of chivalry to the height of its development ; the victo- ries of Sluys , of Crécy , and Poitiers , by exciting the national pride , tended to fuse into one vigorous nationality the CHAPTER IV GEOFFREY CHAUCER.
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... vigorous nationality the two elements which formed the English people and the English language . The literature , too , abundant in quantity , if not remarkable for much originality of form , was rapidly taking a purely English tone ...
... vigorous nationality the two elements which formed the English people and the English language . The literature , too , abundant in quantity , if not remarkable for much originality of form , was rapidly taking a purely English tone ...
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... in many places he follows the original with scrupulous fidelity , he not unfrequently adds vigorous touches of his own . The most remarkable illustration of this is the description of the character of a true 30 CHAUCER .
... in many places he follows the original with scrupulous fidelity , he not unfrequently adds vigorous touches of his own . The most remarkable illustration of this is the description of the character of a true 30 CHAUCER .
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... constrained to make his thought vigorous and his language vivid . The performance began early in the afternoon , and was an nounced by flourishes of a trumpet . The prologue was generally declaimed by its author , who was arrayed in ...
... constrained to make his thought vigorous and his language vivid . The performance began early in the afternoon , and was an nounced by flourishes of a trumpet . The prologue was generally declaimed by its author , who was arrayed in ...
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