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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... KING HORN OF HORNE CHILDE , said to be the first original romance in the language , appeared about this time . There is , however , reason to suppose that it , like the other contemporary romances , is of French origin . A satirical ...
... KING HORN OF HORNE CHILDE , said to be the first original romance in the language , appeared about this time . There is , however , reason to suppose that it , like the other contemporary romances , is of French origin . A satirical ...
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... king one kne sett , And in her language she him grete : " Lauerid ( b ) king , wassaille , " said she , The king asked what should be ; and it is explained by his Latimer , or interpreter , that such is the custom when the Saxons are at ...
... king one kne sett , And in her language she him grete : " Lauerid ( b ) king , wassaille , " said she , The king asked what should be ; and it is explained by his Latimer , or interpreter , that such is the custom when the Saxons are at ...
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... king . It is conjectured by some antiquaries , that De Brunne wrote the English Romance of Cœur de Lion , though there seems to be no foundation for the supposition . Among the earliest productions of the English muse , is an Elegy on ...
... king . It is conjectured by some antiquaries , that De Brunne wrote the English Romance of Cœur de Lion , though there seems to be no foundation for the supposition . Among the earliest productions of the English muse , is an Elegy on ...
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... king into Scotland , to sing his antici- pated triumph over the Scots , and who , according to a well - known tradition , being made prisoner , was ransomed by celebrating the victory of Robert de Bruce ; thus , like Balaam ...
... king into Scotland , to sing his antici- pated triumph over the Scots , and who , according to a well - known tradition , being made prisoner , was ransomed by celebrating the victory of Robert de Bruce ; thus , like Balaam ...
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... king Will , weren falle . Therto he coude endite , and make a thing , Ther coudé no wight pinche ( g ) at his writing . And every statute coude he plaine by rote . He rode but homely in a medlee ( h ) cote . ( i ) ( a ) Get . ( b ) ...
... king Will , weren falle . Therto he coude endite , and make a thing , Ther coudé no wight pinche ( g ) at his writing . And every statute coude he plaine by rote . He rode but homely in a medlee ( h ) cote . ( i ) ( a ) Get . ( b ) ...
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