Occleve
Americannoun
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Occleve seems, however, sometimes to have told a tale not amiss, for William Brown, the pastoral bard, inserted entire a long story by old Occleve in his “Shepherd’s Pipe.”
From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Isaac Disraeli
Occleve is a vernacular writer, bare of ornament.
From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Isaac Disraeli
The Author is conscious of the tautology of which he is guilty in again recommending the reader not to pass over unread the extracts in the Appendix from Occleve and Lydgate.
From Henry of Monmouth, Volume 1 Memoirs of Henry the Fifth by James Endell Tyler
One Harry Occleve, of Laetitia's circle, so obviously "the good match," was outstandingly such a case.
From This Freedom by A. S. M. (Arthur Stuart-Menteth) Hutchinson
Occleve, a little later, has no doubt as to the beneficial effects of perusing the romances.
From The Book-Hunter at Home by P. B. M. Allan
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