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Page 26
Of this piece , called PIERCE THE PLOWMAN ' S CREDE , Pope has left the
following account : - “ An ignorant plain man , having learned his Paternoster and
Ave . Mary , wants to learn his creed . He asks several religious men of the
several ...
Of this piece , called PIERCE THE PLOWMAN ' S CREDE , Pope has left the
following account : - “ An ignorant plain man , having learned his Paternoster and
Ave . Mary , wants to learn his creed . He asks several religious men of the
several ...
Page 32
The same bustling lawyer still attends the courts ; the learned doctor may yet be
found in many villages and small towns ; the pardoner and friar have disguised
their mirth under a thicker cloak , — the name and the costume are changed , but
...
The same bustling lawyer still attends the courts ; the learned doctor may yet be
found in many villages and small towns ; the pardoner and friar have disguised
their mirth under a thicker cloak , — the name and the costume are changed , but
...
Page 58
... some years after Chaucer . It is said that there is a flattering tradition in the
Stafford family that he was of Sti . tenham . Whatever might be his birth , he was a
learned and an accomplished man , - whom his great contemporary compliments
as ...
... some years after Chaucer . It is said that there is a flattering tradition in the
Stafford family that he was of Sti . tenham . Whatever might be his birth , he was a
learned and an accomplished man , - whom his great contemporary compliments
as ...
Page 64
... as Sir Da . vid Lyndsay afterwards counselled one of his successors , “ learned
to be a king . ” James returned to his native kingdom not only the most
accomplished prince , but the wisest sovereign in Europe ; and in his short reign
of twelve ...
... as Sir Da . vid Lyndsay afterwards counselled one of his successors , “ learned
to be a king . ” James returned to his native kingdom not only the most
accomplished prince , but the wisest sovereign in Europe ; and in his short reign
of twelve ...
Page 78
... quoted by Warton as poetical . He afterwards wrote The Monarchie , or
sketches of all kingdoms , political , moral , and satirical . That both his
conceptions and language were occasionally•highly poetical , will be better
learned 78 HISTORY ...
... quoted by Warton as poetical . He afterwards wrote The Monarchie , or
sketches of all kingdoms , political , moral , and satirical . That both his
conceptions and language were occasionally•highly poetical , will be better
learned 78 HISTORY ...
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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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