Specimens of the Lyrical, Descriptive, and Narrative Poets of Great Britain, from Chaucer to the Present Day:: With a Preliminary Sketch of the History of Early English Poetry, and Biographical and Critical Notices, |
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... Beauty .... ... 167 RICHARD COrbet ............... .. .... ib . Farewell to the Faeries .... 168 WILLIAM SHAKSPEARE .... .... 170 Description of Lucrece asleep ....... 182 Description of the Steed of Adonis Sonnets ...... From the ...
... Beauty .... ... 167 RICHARD COrbet ............... .. .... ib . Farewell to the Faeries .... 168 WILLIAM SHAKSPEARE .... .... 170 Description of Lucrece asleep ....... 182 Description of the Steed of Adonis Sonnets ...... From the ...
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... Beauty ( from the Pleasures of Imagination ) 331 Conclusion ( from the same ) ... TOBIAS SMOLLETT Ode to Leven Water .......................................... 332 334 ib . Extract from the Ode to Independence .............. 335 THOMAS ...
... Beauty ( from the Pleasures of Imagination ) 331 Conclusion ( from the same ) ... TOBIAS SMOLLETT Ode to Leven Water .......................................... 332 334 ib . Extract from the Ode to Independence .............. 335 THOMAS ...
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... beauty and strength in repeated crosses of the original Saxon breed , till three centuries after- wards it became nearly the pure classic English of modern times . The reign of Edward III . , which forms a splen- did epoch in the annals ...
... beauty and strength in repeated crosses of the original Saxon breed , till three centuries after- wards it became nearly the pure classic English of modern times . The reign of Edward III . , which forms a splen- did epoch in the annals ...
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... and all the wise Right of her loke , and ' gan it new avise . The extreme delicacy and beauty of Creseide ( a ) Delay ; hinderance . ( b ) Dreamed . confessing her love amidst a scene of felicity has been A 2 ENGLISH POETRY . 9.
... and all the wise Right of her loke , and ' gan it new avise . The extreme delicacy and beauty of Creseide ( a ) Delay ; hinderance . ( b ) Dreamed . confessing her love amidst a scene of felicity has been A 2 ENGLISH POETRY . 9.
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... beauty . It has a chorus , — Blow , northern wynd , send Thou me my suetinge ; blow , Northern wynd , blow , blow , blow . Every charm is ascribed to the person of his mis- tress by the poet . She is , moreover , the ruby of riches the ...
... beauty . It has a chorus , — Blow , northern wynd , send Thou me my suetinge ; blow , Northern wynd , blow , blow , blow . Every charm is ascribed to the person of his mis- tress by the poet . She is , moreover , the ruby of riches the ...
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