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AlexBell · 03-27-2016, 01:49 AM

'Since Chaucer, English poetry had practically stood still, and except where poetry has cleared the way, prose does not in ordinary circumstances advance.'

J.W. McKail, in his introduction to Erasmus and War, 1817

03-27-2016, 01:49 AM	#3030
AlexBell Wizard Posts: 3,413 Karma: 13369310 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Launceston, Tasmania Device: Sony PRS T3, Kobo Glo, Kindle Touch, iPad, Samsung SB 2 tablet	'Since Chaucer, English poetry had practically stood still, and except where poetry has cleared the way, prose does not in ordinary circumstances advance.' J.W. McKail, in his introduction to Erasmus and War, 1817