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Of his followers , only those in Scotland showed any of their master's skill . The English “ Chaucerians , ” Lydgate , Occleve , and the rest , were amazingly incompetent , and it was not till the sixteenth century that better days ...
Of his followers , only those in Scotland showed any of their master's skill . The English “ Chaucerians , ” Lydgate , Occleve , and the rest , were amazingly incompetent , and it was not till the sixteenth century that better days ...
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Our age was cultivated thus at length ; But what we gained in skill , we lost in strength ; Our builders were with want of genius curst ; The second temple was not like the first . The lament was just . Literature continued to be ...
Our age was cultivated thus at length ; But what we gained in skill , we lost in strength ; Our builders were with want of genius curst ; The second temple was not like the first . The lament was just . Literature continued to be ...
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He can tune it to many emotions : in this stanza he gives it the accent of melancholy resignation with exquisite skill : You have chosen and clung to the chance they sent you , Life sweet as perfume and pure as prayer .
He can tune it to many emotions : in this stanza he gives it the accent of melancholy resignation with exquisite skill : You have chosen and clung to the chance they sent you , Life sweet as perfume and pure as prayer .
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CHAPTER I | 1 |
CHAUCER AND HIS | 13 |
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