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But Chaucer was eminently what the old romances call “ a man of middle earth ; ”
and nature soon reclaimed his genius from the regions of pure fancy to a field
better worthy of his energetic powers . Before the full vigour of his HISTORY OF ...
But Chaucer was eminently what the old romances call “ a man of middle earth ; ”
and nature soon reclaimed his genius from the regions of pure fancy to a field
better worthy of his energetic powers . Before the full vigour of his HISTORY OF ...
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In a finer strain , a lover of the same age celebrates his mistress as the most
beautiful female between “ Lyncolne and Londe : ” and , with more natural
elegance and feeling than are found in many modern love - songs , goes on to
say , When ...
In a finer strain , a lover of the same age celebrates his mistress as the most
beautiful female between “ Lyncolne and Londe : ” and , with more natural
elegance and feeling than are found in many modern love - songs , goes on to
say , When ...
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To these visions , which , in modern phrase , created a great sensation , were
afterwards added another poem of much the same nature , but by a different
hand . Of this piece , called PIERCE THE PLOWMAN ' S CREDE , Pope has left
the ...
To these visions , which , in modern phrase , created a great sensation , were
afterwards added another poem of much the same nature , but by a different
hand . Of this piece , called PIERCE THE PLOWMAN ' S CREDE , Pope has left
the ...
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With a Preliminary Sketch of the History of Early English Poetry, and Biographical
and Critical Notices, John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) bury Tales . The plan of this
work is as simple and natural as it is happy . A promiscuous company of twenty ...
With a Preliminary Sketch of the History of Early English Poetry, and Biographical
and Critical Notices, John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) bury Tales . The plan of this
work is as simple and natural as it is happy . A promiscuous company of twenty ...
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... the yongè sonne Hath in the Ram his halfè cours yronne , ( e ) And smalè
foulès maken melodie , That slepen alle night with open eye , ( 6 ) Root . ( a )
Sweet . ( d ) Forest . ( c ) Such . ( e ) Run . So priketh hem ( a ) nature in hir ( 34
HISTORY ...
... the yongè sonne Hath in the Ram his halfè cours yronne , ( e ) And smalè
foulès maken melodie , That slepen alle night with open eye , ( 6 ) Root . ( a )
Sweet . ( d ) Forest . ( c ) Such . ( e ) Run . So priketh hem ( a ) nature in hir ( 34
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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