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... mean to give . Ther as means whenever . To ban is to have . Pitaunce is the older form of pittance — a small gift . Wiste means knew . Y - shrive means shriven — purged of sin . The prioress or head of the nunnery , especially , CHAUCER ...
... mean to give . Ther as means whenever . To ban is to have . Pitaunce is the older form of pittance — a small gift . Wiste means knew . Y - shrive means shriven — purged of sin . The prioress or head of the nunnery , especially , CHAUCER ...
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... mean merely ( as the word means with us ) anyone who conducts himself honorably and courteously . They thought of the " gentleman " much as Plato had thought of the " Guardians " whose education he discussed so fully in his Republic ...
... mean merely ( as the word means with us ) anyone who conducts himself honorably and courteously . They thought of the " gentleman " much as Plato had thought of the " Guardians " whose education he discussed so fully in his Republic ...
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... means the words , are they an afterthought , or a " tag . " Keats finds himself living over again that moment ... mean that human beings whose capacity for joy seems so boundless and inextinguishable should vanish into nothingness ? The ...
... means the words , are they an afterthought , or a " tag . " Keats finds himself living over again that moment ... mean that human beings whose capacity for joy seems so boundless and inextinguishable should vanish into nothingness ? The ...
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THE BEGINNINGS OF LITERATURE IN ENGLAND | 3 |
CHAUCER AND HIS TIMES | 27 |
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