ENGLISH LITERATURE

FROM THE NORMAN CONQUEST TO CHAUCER

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FROM THE NORMAN CONQUEST

TO CHAUCER

BY

WILLIAM HENRY SCHOFIELD, PH.D.

PROFESSOR OF COMPARATIVE LITERATURE IN HARVARD

UNIVERSITY

Out of olde feldes, as men seith,
Cometh al this newe corn fro yeer to yere ;
And out of olde bokes, in good feith,
Cometh al this newe science that men lere.

CHAUCER, Parlement of Foules.

London

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NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

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PROFESSOR GEORGE LYMAN KITTREDGE

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