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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A noble heart may have none ease , Na ellys ( a ) nought that may him please , If
freedom fail : for free liking Is yearned ( b ) o ' er all other thing . Na he , that aye
has lived free May not know well the properte , The anger , na the wretched ...
A noble heart may have none ease , Na ellys ( a ) nought that may him please , If
freedom fail : for free liking Is yearned ( b ) o ' er all other thing . Na he , that aye
has lived free May not know well the properte , The anger , na the wretched ...
Page 160
First , that he lie upon the truckle - bed , Whiles his young naister lieth o ' er his
head . Second , that he do , on no default , Ever presume to sit above the salt .
Third , that he never change his trencher twice . Fourth , that he use all common ...
First , that he lie upon the truckle - bed , Whiles his young naister lieth o ' er his
head . Second , that he do , on no default , Ever presume to sit above the salt .
Third , that he never change his trencher twice . Fourth , that he use all common ...
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The account of Ophelia ' s death begins thus :* There is a willow hanging o ' er a
brook , That shows its hoary leaves in the glassy stream . 'Now this is an instance
of the same unconscious power of mind which is as true to nature as itself .
The account of Ophelia ' s death begins thus :* There is a willow hanging o ' er a
brook , That shows its hoary leaves in the glassy stream . 'Now this is an instance
of the same unconscious power of mind which is as true to nature as itself .
Page 204
Nurse , O ! my love is slain ; I saw him go O ' er the white Alps alone ; I saw him , I
, Assail ' d , taken , fight , stabb ' d , bleed , fall , and die . ” Augur me better chance
, except dread Jove Think it enough for me t ' have had thy love . GEORGE ...
Nurse , O ! my love is slain ; I saw him go O ' er the white Alps alone ; I saw him , I
, Assail ' d , taken , fight , stabb ' d , bleed , fall , and die . ” Augur me better chance
, except dread Jove Think it enough for me t ' have had thy love . GEORGE ...
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Oh ! how eager would he fight , And ne ' er hurt tho ' he did bite ; No morn did
pass , But on my glass He would sit , and mark , and do What I did ; now ruffle all
His feathers o ' er , now let them fall , And then straightway sleek them too .
Whence ...
Oh ! how eager would he fight , And ne ' er hurt tho ' he did bite ; No morn did
pass , But on my glass He would sit , and mark , and do What I did ; now ruffle all
His feathers o ' er , now let them fall , And then straightway sleek them too .
Whence ...
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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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