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... learned but for the un- learned , For those that in this land dwell , That know not Latin nor French , In order to have solace and enjoy- ment In fellowship when they sit to- gether . CHAPTER II . THE AGE OF CHAUCER . 11. The A. D. 1250 ...
... learned but for the un- learned , For those that in this land dwell , That know not Latin nor French , In order to have solace and enjoy- ment In fellowship when they sit to- gether . CHAPTER II . THE AGE OF CHAUCER . 11. The A. D. 1250 ...
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... learned schools that ever were . She within lists my ranging mind hath brought , That now beyond myself I will not go : Myself am centre of my circling thought : Only myself I study , learn , and know . I know my body's of so frail a ...
... learned schools that ever were . She within lists my ranging mind hath brought , That now beyond myself I will not go : Myself am centre of my circling thought : Only myself I study , learn , and know . I know my body's of so frail a ...
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... learned nation doth despise it , no barbarous nation is without it ; - Since both Ro- man and Greek gave such divine names unto it , the one of prophesy- ing , the other of making ; and that , indeed , that name of making is fit for it ...
... learned nation doth despise it , no barbarous nation is without it ; - Since both Ro- man and Greek gave such divine names unto it , the one of prophesy- ing , the other of making ; and that , indeed , that name of making is fit for it ...
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... learned . To spend too much time in studies , is sloth ; to use them too much for orna- ment , is affectation ; to make judgment wholly by their rules , is the humor of a scholar : they perfect nature , and are perfected by experi- ence ...
... learned . To spend too much time in studies , is sloth ; to use them too much for orna- ment , is affectation ; to make judgment wholly by their rules , is the humor of a scholar : they perfect nature , and are perfected by experi- ence ...
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... learned poet's good ; Sweeter yet did never crown The head of Bacchus ; nuts more brown Than the squirrels ' teeth that crack them , Deign , O fairest fair , to take them , For these , black - eyed Driopé Hath oftentimes commanded me ...
... learned poet's good ; Sweeter yet did never crown The head of Bacchus ; nuts more brown Than the squirrels ' teeth that crack them , Deign , O fairest fair , to take them , For these , black - eyed Driopé Hath oftentimes commanded me ...
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