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Let us but imagine for a moment what a mine of wealth and enjoyment , what a
golden treasury of exquisite models , of graceful fancies , of fine inventions , of
beautiful diction , this one little volume would have formed to such a youth as
Robert ...
Let us but imagine for a moment what a mine of wealth and enjoyment , what a
golden treasury of exquisite models , of graceful fancies , of fine inventions , of
beautiful diction , this one little volume would have formed to such a youth as
Robert ...
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Aspirations of Youth . . . . 535 NOIR ( Delta ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NJO . . . . 536 From the Ode on the Olden Time . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . JOHN MALCOLM . . . . Stanzas on the Close of a Year .
Aspirations of Youth . . . . 535 NOIR ( Delta ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NJO . . . . 536 From the Ode on the Olden Time . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . JOHN MALCOLM . . . . Stanzas on the Close of a Year .
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... even then send . ing their youth to France for education - were now consigned
to the lowest vulgar . The Norman language was not only that of the court and the
camp , but of the national seminaries , whence the Saxon tongue was banished ...
... even then send . ing their youth to France for education - were now consigned
to the lowest vulgar . The Norman language was not only that of the court and the
camp , but of the national seminaries , whence the Saxon tongue was banished ...
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... And have a thank , and yet a cote and hood . ( a ) Free from debt . ( c ) Returns .
( d ) Cows . contrivances ( g ) Afraid . ( 6 ) Made a fool of them all . ( e ) Steward . (
f ) Secret In youth he lerned hadde a good mistere : ( ENGLISH POETRY . 51.
... And have a thank , and yet a cote and hood . ( a ) Free from debt . ( c ) Returns .
( d ) Cows . contrivances ( g ) Afraid . ( 6 ) Made a fool of them all . ( e ) Steward . (
f ) Secret In youth he lerned hadde a good mistere : ( ENGLISH POETRY . 51.
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In youth he lerned hadde a good mistere : ( a ) He was a wel good wright , a
carpentere . This revè sate upon a right good stot , ( 6 ) That was all pomelee ( c )
grey , and hightè Scot . A long surcote of perse upon he hade , And by his side he
...
In youth he lerned hadde a good mistere : ( a ) He was a wel good wright , a
carpentere . This revè sate upon a right good stot , ( 6 ) That was all pomelee ( c )
grey , and hightè Scot . A long surcote of perse upon he hade , And by his side he
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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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