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... manners ; if thou never saw'st good manners , then thy manners must be wicked ; and wicked- ness is sin and sin is damnation . " Inasmuch , then , as the thought of Spenser's time was so 1 Courtesy , courteous , etc. , derive from the ...
... manners ; if thou never saw'st good manners , then thy manners must be wicked ; and wicked- ness is sin and sin is damnation . " Inasmuch , then , as the thought of Spenser's time was so 1 Courtesy , courteous , etc. , derive from the ...
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... manners of the " noble person , " it was natural for Spenser to choose this theme for a poem . It was natural , also , because there was a strain of the Puritan and moralist in him , for him to think rather less of polished manners and ...
... manners of the " noble person , " it was natural for Spenser to choose this theme for a poem . It was natural , also , because there was a strain of the Puritan and moralist in him , for him to think rather less of polished manners and ...
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... manners he has described , could he , on the other hand , have seen in the west the manners of the feudal ages , I make no doubt but he would certainly have preferred the latter . And the grounds of this preference would , I suppose ...
... manners he has described , could he , on the other hand , have seen in the west the manners of the feudal ages , I make no doubt but he would certainly have preferred the latter . And the grounds of this preference would , I suppose ...
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THE BEGINNINGS OF LITERATURE IN ENGLAND | 3 |
CHAUCER AND HIS TIMES | 27 |
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