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... chief point is , of course , to get as much as possible abiding good out of every piece of work ; but it is an absurdity to suppose that the amount of good to be got is com- mensurate with the whole extent of the work done . To avoid ...
... chief point is , of course , to get as much as possible abiding good out of every piece of work ; but it is an absurdity to suppose that the amount of good to be got is com- mensurate with the whole extent of the work done . To avoid ...
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... chief reason for mentioning these books is to save much time and trouble . Some such help would have been of the utmost service to myself some years ago ; and I hope it may accordingly be of service to others . It is perhaps hardly ...
... chief reason for mentioning these books is to save much time and trouble . Some such help would have been of the utmost service to myself some years ago ; and I hope it may accordingly be of service to others . It is perhaps hardly ...
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... chief political and religious movements in England in Chaucer's time ? In what way was he connected with any of them ? Are any traces of his own leanings observable in his writings ? 2. Enumerate the personages in the party of pilgrims ...
... chief political and religious movements in England in Chaucer's time ? In what way was he connected with any of them ? Are any traces of his own leanings observable in his writings ? 2. Enumerate the personages in the party of pilgrims ...
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... chief pecularities of the syntax and vocabulary ( 1 ) of the Anglo - Saxon , and ( 2 ) of the Norman tongues . Shew how the Knightes Tale illustrates the customs of the age in which it was written . 2. What chief writers immediately ...
... chief pecularities of the syntax and vocabulary ( 1 ) of the Anglo - Saxon , and ( 2 ) of the Norman tongues . Shew how the Knightes Tale illustrates the customs of the age in which it was written . 2. What chief writers immediately ...
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... chief of the minor works of Chaucer . 5. Write out into good modern English prose the following passages : ( a ) " The dores were , " 1. 1132 , down to " gapyng upright , " 1. 1150 ; ed . Morris . ( b ) " Ful heye upon a char , " l ...
... chief of the minor works of Chaucer . 5. Write out into good modern English prose the following passages : ( a ) " The dores were , " 1. 1132 , down to " gapyng upright , " 1. 1150 ; ed . Morris . ( b ) " Ful heye upon a char , " l ...
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