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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... and the fine specimens of poetry which remain of the Welsh bards , would lead
us to form a higher estimate of the poetry of the kindred and neighbouring race of
England , than any thing in the early annals of the country HISTORY OP EARLY.
... and the fine specimens of poetry which remain of the Welsh bards , would lead
us to form a higher estimate of the poetry of the kindred and neighbouring race of
England , than any thing in the early annals of the country HISTORY OP EARLY.
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than any thing in the early annals of the country can warrant . ( a ) ( a ) of the
ancient northern poetry , finer specimens cannot be given than Gray ' s
Translations , which are already familiar to every reader . Many battle - songs ,
love - verses ...
than any thing in the early annals of the country can warrant . ( a ) ( a ) of the
ancient northern poetry , finer specimens cannot be given than Gray ' s
Translations , which are already familiar to every reader . Many battle - songs ,
love - verses ...
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... and cultivated liberal as well as warlike arts , they jealously depressed every
indication of national spirit , every thing which could make the Saxons remember
they had ever been a people , or other than the bondsmen of their Norman lords .
... and cultivated liberal as well as warlike arts , they jealously depressed every
indication of national spirit , every thing which could make the Saxons remember
they had ever been a people , or other than the bondsmen of their Norman lords .
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And fieldis strewed are with flowers , Well savouring of seir colours , And all
things waxeth blythe and gay . The following description of Wallace ' s bivouac ,
though not in the boldest style of the Blind Bard , may challenge comparison with
any ...
And fieldis strewed are with flowers , Well savouring of seir colours , And all
things waxeth blythe and gay . The following description of Wallace ' s bivouac ,
though not in the boldest style of the Blind Bard , may challenge comparison with
any ...
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The apparition of Fawdoun in Blind Harry ' s history , has more power of the
terrific than half the wizards of the contemporary romances ; and the following
passage from Barbour more dignity of moral reflection than any thing that had
previously ...
The apparition of Fawdoun in Blind Harry ' s history , has more power of the
terrific than half the wizards of the contemporary romances ; and the following
passage from Barbour more dignity of moral reflection than any thing that had
previously ...
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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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