The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper;Samuel Johnson J. Johnson; J. Nichols and son; R. Baldwin; F. and C. Rivington; W. Otridge and Son; Leigh and Sotheby; R. Faulder and Son; G. Nicol and Son; T. Payne; G. Robinson; Wilkie and Robinson; C. Davies; T. Egerton; Scatcherd and Letterman; J. Walker; Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe; R. Lea; J. Nunn; Lackington, Allen, and Company; J. Stockdale; Cuthell and Martin; Clarke and Sons; J. White and Company; Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme; Cadell and Davies; J. Barker; John Richardson; J.M. Richardson; J. Carpenter; B. Crosby; E. Jeffery; J. Murray; W. Miller; J. and A. Arch; Black, Parry, and Kingsbury; J. Booker; S. Bagster; J. Harding; J. Mackinlay; J. Hatchard; R.H. Evans; Matthews and Leigh; J. Mawman; J. Booth; J. Asperne; P. and W. Wynne; and W. Grace, Deighton and Son at Cambridge; and Wilson and Son at York, 1810 |
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Page 402
... French , chaucier , a shoemaker , has been brought in evidence of a low origin , while the mention of the name Chaucer , in several records , from the time of William the Conqueror to that of Edward I. has been thought sufficient to ...
... French , chaucier , a shoemaker , has been brought in evidence of a low origin , while the mention of the name Chaucer , in several records , from the time of William the Conqueror to that of Edward I. has been thought sufficient to ...
Page 404
... French escurier ; but Chaucer's biographers , think- ing the title of squier too vulgar , changed it to shield - bearer , as if Chaucer had the special office of carrying the king's shield . With respect to the nature of this embassy to ...
... French escurier ; but Chaucer's biographers , think- ing the title of squier too vulgar , changed it to shield - bearer , as if Chaucer had the special office of carrying the king's shield . With respect to the nature of this embassy to ...
Page 406
... French king . Such is Froissart's account ; but the English historians Hollingshed and Barnes inform us , that the principal object of his mission was to complain of some infringement of the truce concluded with the French , and that ...
... French king . Such is Froissart's account ; but the English historians Hollingshed and Barnes inform us , that the principal object of his mission was to complain of some infringement of the truce concluded with the French , and that ...
Page 410
... French words and phrases in Chaucer's writings , it must be observed that the French language was prevalent in this country several centuries before his time . Even previously to the Conquest , the Normans had made it a fashion to speak ...
... French words and phrases in Chaucer's writings , it must be observed that the French language was prevalent in this country several centuries before his time . Even previously to the Conquest , the Normans had made it a fashion to speak ...
Page 410
... French phraseology . But still the foundation was laid at home , in the prevailing modes of education . With respect to the progress of this mixture , and the effects of the accessions which in the course of nearly three centuries the ...
... French phraseology . But still the foundation was laid at home , in the prevailing modes of education . With respect to the progress of this mixture , and the effects of the accessions which in the course of nearly three centuries the ...
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