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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... is necessarily occupied by yet nobler names by those of Dunbar , James I. , Douglas , Barbour , and Lyndsay - names that ought to be better known among us . To that ancient poetry , which forms the grace and ADVERTISEMENT . V.
... is necessarily occupied by yet nobler names by those of Dunbar , James I. , Douglas , Barbour , and Lyndsay - names that ought to be better known among us . To that ancient poetry , which forms the grace and ADVERTISEMENT . V.
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... grace and glory of Scotland , and of the early periods of English literature - the old ballads - I have no more adverted than to dramatic poetry . The lat- ter lay quite beyond the scope of my design ; for the former a good time may yet ...
... grace and glory of Scotland , and of the early periods of English literature - the old ballads - I have no more adverted than to dramatic poetry . The lat- ter lay quite beyond the scope of my design ; for the former a good time may yet ...
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... Grace ; To the blond of Hayles , Where no good cheer fayles , And other holy place ; When the priests might walk , And with the yonge wyves talk , Then had we children plenty , & c . * Bury St Edmunds . sors down to Shakspeare . His ...
... Grace ; To the blond of Hayles , Where no good cheer fayles , And other holy place ; When the priests might walk , And with the yonge wyves talk , Then had we children plenty , & c . * Bury St Edmunds . sors down to Shakspeare . His ...
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... grace . Embrouded ( d ) was he , as it were a mede Alle ful of freshè flourès , white and rede . Singing he was , or floyting ( e ) alle the day , He was as freshe , as is the moneth of May .. Short was his goune , with slevès long and ...
... grace . Embrouded ( d ) was he , as it were a mede Alle ful of freshè flourès , white and rede . Singing he was , or floyting ( e ) alle the day , He was as freshe , as is the moneth of May .. Short was his goune , with slevès long and ...
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... grace , That swiche a lewèd mannès wit shal pace The wisdom of an hepe of lered men ? Of maisters had he mo than thriès ten , ( a ) The prize . ( b ) A hard knot in a tree . ( c ) A running . ( d ) Top . ( e ) Nostrils . ( ƒ ) Prater ...
... grace , That swiche a lewèd mannès wit shal pace The wisdom of an hepe of lered men ? Of maisters had he mo than thriès ten , ( a ) The prize . ( b ) A hard knot in a tree . ( c ) A running . ( d ) Top . ( e ) Nostrils . ( ƒ ) Prater ...
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