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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Page 4
Her eye was piercing like that of the hawk ; her face shone like the pearly dew on
Evyri . Llewelyn is a hero that setteth castles on fire . I have watched all night on
the beach where the seagulls , whose plumes glitter , sport on the bed of billows
...
Her eye was piercing like that of the hawk ; her face shone like the pearly dew on
Evyri . Llewelyn is a hero that setteth castles on fire . I have watched all night on
the beach where the seagulls , whose plumes glitter , sport on the bed of billows
...
Page 8
Though the manners and condition of middle life were improved , and the ferocity
of the preceding reigns was somewhat mitigated , the face of Eng . lish society
was still deformed by many a foul blot . A corrupt priesthood , a fierce and ...
Though the manners and condition of middle life were improved , and the ferocity
of the preceding reigns was somewhat mitigated , the face of Eng . lish society
was still deformed by many a foul blot . A corrupt priesthood , a fierce and ...
Page 20
( c ) Organs , cymbals , and all sorts of music . ( d ) Ringing . ( e ) Against ; in the
presence of . ( 5 ) Walls . ( g ) Seen ; gazed at . ( n ) Satins . ( i ) Pals , or perhaps
furs . ( j ) Hid , Bright and sheen was her face ; Every fair - 20 HISTORY OF
EARLY.
( c ) Organs , cymbals , and all sorts of music . ( d ) Ringing . ( e ) Against ; in the
presence of . ( 5 ) Walls . ( g ) Seen ; gazed at . ( n ) Satins . ( i ) Pals , or perhaps
furs . ( j ) Hid , Bright and sheen was her face ; Every fair - 20 HISTORY OF
EARLY.
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Bright and sheen was her face ; Every fair - head in her was . In this same old
romance , in which the manners of chivalry are constantly ingrafted on classical
his . tory , is found the well - known couplet in its true reading :Merry swithe it is in
...
Bright and sheen was her face ; Every fair - head in her was . In this same old
romance , in which the manners of chivalry are constantly ingrafted on classical
his . tory , is found the well - known couplet in its true reading :Merry swithe it is in
...
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... With gris , ( f ) and that the finest of the lond . And for to fasten his hood under
his chinne , He hadde of gold ywrought a curious pinne ; A love - knotte in the
greter end ther was . His hed was balled , and shone as any glas , And eke his
face ...
... With gris , ( f ) and that the finest of the lond . And for to fasten his hood under
his chinne , He hadde of gold ywrought a curious pinne ; A love - knotte in the
greter end ther was . His hed was balled , and shone as any glas , And eke his
face ...
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| Title | 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, |
| Author | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) |
| Editor | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) |
| Contributor | Oliver and Boyd (Edinburgh, Scotland) |
| Publisher | Oliver & Boyd, 1828 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 24 Mar 2006 |
| Length | 560 pages |
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