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... caused young Chaucer to translate this in advance , while he was still labouring towards a complete ver- sion of one of the most famous poems in the fashionable literature of his time . The fashionable taste for French court poetry is ...
... caused young Chaucer to translate this in advance , while he was still labouring towards a complete ver- sion of one of the most famous poems in the fashionable literature of his time . The fashionable taste for French court poetry is ...
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... caused him to be sent back to Grantham School , and entered , at eighteen , Trinity College , Cambridge , where he took his degree as B.A. in 1664. There his interest in mathe- matics was quickened by Isaac Barrow , who became , in 1663 ...
... caused him to be sent back to Grantham School , and entered , at eighteen , Trinity College , Cambridge , where he took his degree as B.A. in 1664. There his interest in mathe- matics was quickened by Isaac Barrow , who became , in 1663 ...
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... caused Thomson to write a poem honouring his memory . He now lost his office as Secretary of Briefs . In 1738 another play of Thomson's , Agamemnon , was acted without success . In 1739 the acting of his play of Edward and Eleonora was ...
... caused Thomson to write a poem honouring his memory . He now lost his office as Secretary of Briefs . In 1738 another play of Thomson's , Agamemnon , was acted without success . In 1739 the acting of his play of Edward and Eleonora was ...
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