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... turn . In 1374 he was appointed Comptroller of the Customs and Subsidy of Wools , Skins , and Tanned Hides in the Port of London ; and he had to perform his duties in person , without the option of a deputy . In his " House of Fame ...
... turn . In 1374 he was appointed Comptroller of the Customs and Subsidy of Wools , Skins , and Tanned Hides in the Port of London ; and he had to perform his duties in person , without the option of a deputy . In his " House of Fame ...
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... turn to the gloomy side of things . Yet the more intimately we know him , the more we begin to form suspicions that , after all , his equanimity is only comparative , and that perfection in this is as difficult to be attained as in any ...
... turn to the gloomy side of things . Yet the more intimately we know him , the more we begin to form suspicions that , after all , his equanimity is only comparative , and that perfection in this is as difficult to be attained as in any ...
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... turns of expression to the extent of altering the complexion of the language . Whatever may be our conclusion as to the sources of Chaucer's language , there can be little doubt that his genius made it the standard language . A poet ...
... turns of expression to the extent of altering the complexion of the language . Whatever may be our conclusion as to the sources of Chaucer's language , there can be little doubt that his genius made it the standard language . A poet ...
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... turn of language give this a quaint unction , as if it were the imperfect utterance of an astonished child . The influence of the diction co - operates largely in re- minding us that the splendour is a thing of bygone times , strange ...
... turn of language give this a quaint unction , as if it were the imperfect utterance of an astonished child . The influence of the diction co - operates largely in re- minding us that the splendour is a thing of bygone times , strange ...
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... turns would be in perfect unison ; they would help to translate the objects of our pity and anger farther and farther away from the living world - farther and farther back into a dim distance from indignant tears and frowns . But ...
... turns would be in perfect unison ; they would help to translate the objects of our pity and anger farther and farther away from the living world - farther and farther back into a dim distance from indignant tears and frowns . But ...
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