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... thought but ne'er so well ex- pressed . That is not any longer an acceptable definition of true wit , and it is no ... thoughts as to the sort of questions we " The Idler , no . 88 . may legitimately ask of Chaucer's work , the sort of ...
... thought but ne'er so well ex- pressed . That is not any longer an acceptable definition of true wit , and it is no ... thoughts as to the sort of questions we " The Idler , no . 88 . may legitimately ask of Chaucer's work , the sort of ...
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... thought of himself as unusual in this regard . Relatively few laymen in his time , we may be fairly sure , had developed the singu- larly unconvivial habit of solitary reading for pleasure . Manuscripts primarily literary could not have ...
... thought of himself as unusual in this regard . Relatively few laymen in his time , we may be fairly sure , had developed the singu- larly unconvivial habit of solitary reading for pleasure . Manuscripts primarily literary could not have ...
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... thought , we may fancy , Chaucer might arrive at the rationale of his poem . He promises a love - vision , but even at the start there is a hint in his not referring to Love as a god but only as a feudal lord , and in his insistence on ...
... thought , we may fancy , Chaucer might arrive at the rationale of his poem . He promises a love - vision , but even at the start there is a hint in his not referring to Love as a god but only as a feudal lord , and in his insistence on ...
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