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... learned doctor warned the Jew , upon forfeit of his life , that he must fulfill the very letter of his bond , taking no more and no less , and spilling no drop of blood . Seeing himself thwarted by impossible conditions , the enraged ...
... learned doctor warned the Jew , upon forfeit of his life , that he must fulfill the very letter of his bond , taking no more and no less , and spilling no drop of blood . Seeing himself thwarted by impossible conditions , the enraged ...
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... learned aught else the least That to the faithful herdsman's art belongs ! What recks it them ? What need they ? They are sped ; And , when they list , their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw ; The ...
... learned aught else the least That to the faithful herdsman's art belongs ! What recks it them ? What need they ? They are sped ; And , when they list , their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw ; The ...
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... learned to lie and to curse and became , as he records , " the very ringleader of all the youths that kept me company , in all manner of vice and ungodliness . " But from his childhood he was tormented with visions and warnings . While ...
... learned to lie and to curse and became , as he records , " the very ringleader of all the youths that kept me company , in all manner of vice and ungodliness . " But from his childhood he was tormented with visions and warnings . While ...
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THE BEGINNINGS OF LITERATURE IN ENGLAND | 3 |
CHAUCER AND HIS TIMES | 27 |
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