Specimens of the Early English Poets,: To which is Prefixed, an Historical Sketch of the Rise and Progress of the English Poetry and Language;Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster-Row., 1811 - English poetry |
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... perhaps deservedly , disregarded . The most favourable sample of his Majesty's poe- tic skill has been lately obtained from the College library , Edinburgh , and will be found in the follow- ing page . It is prefixed to Fowler's ...
... perhaps deservedly , disregarded . The most favourable sample of his Majesty's poe- tic skill has been lately obtained from the College library , Edinburgh , and will be found in the follow- ing page . It is prefixed to Fowler's ...
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... perhaps , above all , the singularities of his " feelings , cloathed in an uncommon quaintness of style , " have contributed to render it , even to modern readers , " a valuable repository of amusement and information . " Burton was ...
... perhaps , above all , the singularities of his " feelings , cloathed in an uncommon quaintness of style , " have contributed to render it , even to modern readers , " a valuable repository of amusement and information . " Burton was ...
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... perhaps his will , Did guide the god of love that way . The crafty boy , that sees her sleep , Whom , if she wak'd , he durst not see , Behind her closely seeks to creep , Before her nap should ended be . There come , he steals her ...
... perhaps his will , Did guide the god of love that way . The crafty boy , that sees her sleep , Whom , if she wak'd , he durst not see , Behind her closely seeks to creep , Before her nap should ended be . There come , he steals her ...
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... Than may fitly sweeten wrath ; Full of pity as may be , Though , perhaps , not so to me . Reason masters every sense , And her virtues grace her birth ; Lovely as all excellence , Modest in her most of WILLIAM BROWNE . 109.
... Than may fitly sweeten wrath ; Full of pity as may be , Though , perhaps , not so to me . Reason masters every sense , And her virtues grace her birth ; Lovely as all excellence , Modest in her most of WILLIAM BROWNE . 109.
Page 121
... , extracted from his " Shepherd's Ora- 66 cles , " 1646 , 4to . will perhaps be thought worth preser- ving , as they describe with some humour the taste of the Puritans , Song of Anarchus . KNOW then , my brethren , [ 121 ]
... , extracted from his " Shepherd's Ora- 66 cles , " 1646 , 4to . will perhaps be thought worth preser- ving , as they describe with some humour the taste of the Puritans , Song of Anarchus . KNOW then , my brethren , [ 121 ]
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