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Inscription for a Tablet at Penshurst . . . . . . . . Extract from Roderick , the last of the
Goths . . . . . S . T . COLERIDGE . . . . . . . To the River Otter . . . . . A Fragment . . . . .
. . . . . PROFESSOR WILSON . . . . Address to a Wild Deer . . . . . . ib . THOMAS ...
Inscription for a Tablet at Penshurst . . . . . . . . Extract from Roderick , the last of the
Goths . . . . . S . T . COLERIDGE . . . . . . . To the River Otter . . . . . A Fragment . . . . .
. . . . . PROFESSOR WILSON . . . . Address to a Wild Deer . . . . . . ib . THOMAS ...
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He is a warrior , like the surge on the beach that covers the wild salmons . Her
eye was piercing like that of the hawk ; her face shone like the pearly dew on
Evyri . Llewelyn is a hero that setteth castles on fire . I have watched all night on
the ...
He is a warrior , like the surge on the beach that covers the wild salmons . Her
eye was piercing like that of the hawk ; her face shone like the pearly dew on
Evyri . Llewelyn is a hero that setteth castles on fire . I have watched all night on
the ...
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copious ; and the fictions of romance and chivalry , by this time interwoven with
the Arabesque ornaments and wild fantasies introduced by the Crusaders ,
gradually displaced in general favour the dull versified chronicles and homilies of
an ...
copious ; and the fictions of romance and chivalry , by this time interwoven with
the Arabesque ornaments and wild fantasies introduced by the Crusaders ,
gradually displaced in general favour the dull versified chronicles and homilies of
an ...
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... On either side where wild deer made repair , Set watches out that wisely could
them keep , To supper went , and timeously they sleep . Of meat and sleep they
cease with suffisaunce . The night was mirk ; overdrave the darksome chance ...
... On either side where wild deer made repair , Set watches out that wisely could
them keep , To supper went , and timeously they sleep . Of meat and sleep they
cease with suffisaunce . The night was mirk ; overdrave the darksome chance ...
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... to whom is given the story of Cambuscan , that singular mixture of wild Arabic
romance and Gothic chivalry which drew forth Milton ' s spirited invocation to the
shade of Chaucer :Call him up who left half - told The story of Cambuscan bold !
... to whom is given the story of Cambuscan , that singular mixture of wild Arabic
romance and Gothic chivalry which drew forth Milton ' s spirited invocation to the
shade of Chaucer :Call him up who left half - told The story of Cambuscan bold !
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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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