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... earlier than the middle of the seventeenth century . This , found at Shifnal in Shropshire in 1729 by Thomas Percy ( later Bishop of Dromore ) , is known as the Percy MS . , and it was with the publication of Percy's Reliques of Ancient ...
... earlier than the middle of the seventeenth century . This , found at Shifnal in Shropshire in 1729 by Thomas Percy ( later Bishop of Dromore ) , is known as the Percy MS . , and it was with the publication of Percy's Reliques of Ancient ...
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... earlier part of the fourteenth century and was known to Boccaccio , who drew upon it in the Decameron ( written 1348–58 ) ; the earliest manu- script in English belongs to c . 1440. In addition to the Lear story ( which had appeared in ...
... earlier part of the fourteenth century and was known to Boccaccio , who drew upon it in the Decameron ( written 1348–58 ) ; the earliest manu- script in English belongs to c . 1440. In addition to the Lear story ( which had appeared in ...
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... earlier . The authorship also is uncertain . It is usually attributed to William Stevenson , a Fellow of Christ's College , but John Bridges was named as its author in two of the Marprelate tracts ( see above , p . 150 ) . Like Ralph ...
... earlier . The authorship also is uncertain . It is usually attributed to William Stevenson , a Fellow of Christ's College , but John Bridges was named as its author in two of the Marprelate tracts ( see above , p . 150 ) . Like Ralph ...
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UNTIL CHAUCER I | 1 |
CHAUCER HIS CONTEMPORARIES AND | 14 |
POPULAR LITERATURE | 43 |
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