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... stories . It was , naturally , the nobility and their followers who were the principal readers of the romances , as Religious and it was the " religious " who composed and Didactic Poetry . studied poems such as Vanden Leven ons Heeren ...
... stories . It was , naturally , the nobility and their followers who were the principal readers of the romances , as Religious and it was the " religious " who composed and Didactic Poetry . studied poems such as Vanden Leven ons Heeren ...
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... stories , serious and humorous , very much in the style of Gower's Confessio Amantis , from which indeed the Dutch poet borrows , was made by Dirk Potter ( 1370- 1428 ) under the title Minnenloop . Potter , like Chaucer , visited Italy ...
... stories , serious and humorous , very much in the style of Gower's Confessio Amantis , from which indeed the Dutch poet borrows , was made by Dirk Potter ( 1370- 1428 ) under the title Minnenloop . Potter , like Chaucer , visited Italy ...
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... stories - not always of the chastest , for as the moral is coming to set all right , why omit piquant details ? - prattle about himself , these are the staple of Cats ' poems . His language is pure , and many of his proverbial sayings ...
... stories - not always of the chastest , for as the moral is coming to set all right , why omit piquant details ? - prattle about himself , these are the staple of Cats ' poems . His language is pure , and many of his proverbial sayings ...
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... story . His deep interest in the events he narrates recalls Clarendon , but he is not so constantly the advocate of one side ; and the condensation of his style and his frequent felicitous figures are more in the manner of Bacon in the ...
... story . His deep interest in the events he narrates recalls Clarendon , but he is not so constantly the advocate of one side ; and the condensation of his style and his frequent felicitous figures are more in the manner of Bacon in the ...
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... story - play , romantic and historical . The classical drama , represented especially by Seneca , Plautus , and Terence , was studied , admired , and imitated by a band of young men eager to elevate and refine the literature of their ...
... story - play , romantic and historical . The classical drama , represented especially by Seneca , Plautus , and Terence , was studied , admired , and imitated by a band of young men eager to elevate and refine the literature of their ...
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