Occleve
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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He was a student of Chaucer and Occleve.
From A History of Elizabethan Literature by Saintsbury, George
“The Letter of Cupid,” in the works of Chaucer, was the production of Occleve, and appears to have been overlooked by his modern critics.
From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac
“Thomas Occleve, for the love he bare to his master, caused his picture to be truly drawn in his book ‘De Regimine Principis,’ dedicated to Henry the Fifth.”
From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac
Our historian has furnished from the manuscripts of Occleve testimonies of his assertion.
From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac
Occleve is a vernacular writer, bare of ornament.
From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac
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