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... composition . The stories , originally written in the French , full of love and adventure , were vital with the spirit of chivalry . Profes sional minstrels , knights , and even kings had vied in their compa sition . They had a tendency ...
... composition . The stories , originally written in the French , full of love and adventure , were vital with the spirit of chivalry . Profes sional minstrels , knights , and even kings had vied in their compa sition . They had a tendency ...
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... compositions . Its apologies for what had been writ- ten in his earlier years , and its mention of many of his pre- vious works , clearly prove that it was produced after much of his busy life was spent . The avowed purpose of the poem ...
... compositions . Its apologies for what had been writ- ten in his earlier years , and its mention of many of his pre- vious works , clearly prove that it was produced after much of his busy life was spent . The avowed purpose of the poem ...
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... compositions and judged on their independent merits , but deriving an infinitely higher interest from the way in which they harmonize with their respective narrators . After giving a brief , picturesque de- scription of spring , the ...
... compositions and judged on their independent merits , but deriving an infinitely higher interest from the way in which they harmonize with their respective narrators . After giving a brief , picturesque de- scription of spring , the ...
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... composition ; and tradition assigns its authorship to WILLIAM * LANGLANDE , who is otherwise unknown . Two facts are clear from • The author of this work is referred to as Robert , as William , and sometimes as John Langlande . He calls ...
... composition ; and tradition assigns its authorship to WILLIAM * LANGLANDE , who is otherwise unknown . Two facts are clear from • The author of this work is referred to as Robert , as William , and sometimes as John Langlande . He calls ...
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... compositions . His learning was extensive , and be was somewhat pedantic in its display . As the French was still the language of educated people in England , he used the alien tongae in the Speculum Melitantis , the first of his three ...
... compositions . His learning was extensive , and be was somewhat pedantic in its display . As the French was still the language of educated people in England , he used the alien tongae in the Speculum Melitantis , the first of his three ...
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