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... THE LYRICAL , DESCRIPTIVE , AND. EDINBURGH , Published by Oliver &
Boyd . Drawn by Tho : Stothard RA by J . Horslurah Engraved by J . Hor There
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Such books very generally fall into the hands of the young , with whom poetry is a
passion , but whose tastes are still either false or unripe . Instead of pampering
the insatiable appetite for novelty , and preferring fleeting fashion to permanent ...
Such books very generally fall into the hands of the young , with whom poetry is a
passion , but whose tastes are still either false or unripe . Instead of pampering
the insatiable appetite for novelty , and preferring fleeting fashion to permanent ...
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Were it possible , by some short - hand process of printing yet to be discovered ,
to compress half the pages of Wordsworth into a cheap work , adapted to the
daily household use of the people of England , it would gladly have been done ,
in ...
Were it possible , by some short - hand process of printing yet to be discovered ,
to compress half the pages of Wordsworth into a cheap work , adapted to the
daily household use of the people of England , it would gladly have been done ,
in ...
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This may serve as a specimen of Robert de Brunne :Of chamber Rouwen so gent
, Before the king in halle she went ; A cup of wyne she had in hand , And her atire
was well - farand ; ( a ) Before the king one kne sett , And in her language she ...
This may serve as a specimen of Robert de Brunne :Of chamber Rouwen so gent
, Before the king in halle she went ; A cup of wyne she had in hand , And her atire
was well - farand ; ( a ) Before the king one kne sett , And in her language she ...
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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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