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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Ode to the Superstitions of the Highlands . . . . . . . 325 MARK AKENSIDE . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329 . . . . . . . . Mental Beauty ( from the Pleasures of Imagination
) 331 Conclusion ( from the same ) . . . . . 332 TOBIAS SMOLLETT .
Ode to the Superstitions of the Highlands . . . . . . . 325 MARK AKENSIDE . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329 . . . . . . . . Mental Beauty ( from the Pleasures of Imagination
) 331 Conclusion ( from the same ) . . . . . 332 TOBIAS SMOLLETT .
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532 Evening Scene ( from the Pleasures of Memory ) . . . . ib . A Wish . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . 533 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JAMES MONTGOMERY . . . . . Instinct by which
Birds build their Nests ( from Montgomery ' s Pelican Islands ) .
532 Evening Scene ( from the Pleasures of Memory ) . . . . ib . A Wish . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . 533 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JAMES MONTGOMERY . . . . . Instinct by which
Birds build their Nests ( from Montgomery ' s Pelican Islands ) .
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Of smalé houndès hadde she , that she fedde With rosted flesh , and milk , and
wastel brede . But sore wept she if on of hem were dede , ( a ) Called . ( d )
Smallest spot . ( g ) To imitate . ( 6 ) Neatly , ( e ) Rose . ( h ) Worthy . ( c ) Her
pleasure .
Of smalé houndès hadde she , that she fedde With rosted flesh , and milk , and
wastel brede . But sore wept she if on of hem were dede , ( a ) Called . ( d )
Smallest spot . ( g ) To imitate . ( 6 ) Neatly , ( e ) Rose . ( h ) Worthy . ( c ) Her
pleasure .
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... repeat the inward sentiment , it is by their skill romantically echoed back and re
- echoed , till the ear , trained to listen , drinks in a redoubled pleasure from the
de . licious ravishment of sounds which sink at once into the soul and the sense .
... repeat the inward sentiment , it is by their skill romantically echoed back and re
- echoed , till the ear , trained to listen , drinks in a redoubled pleasure from the
de . licious ravishment of sounds which sink at once into the soul and the sense .
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... by Englishmen at home and abroad , but no poet rose to record them ; and the
few worthless names which remain in poetical history at this time rather serve to
cumber the memory than to add to the stores of knowledge or pleasure .
... by Englishmen at home and abroad , but no poet rose to record them ; and the
few worthless names which remain in poetical history at this time rather serve to
cumber the memory than to add to the stores of knowledge or pleasure .
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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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