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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Page 68
... appears not improbable . While the native Muses languished in England ( a ) A sort of precious stones ( says Urry ) brought from Balassia , in India . ( b ) Shining . throughout several reigns , the annals of Scotland in the 68 HISTORY ...
... appears not improbable . While the native Muses languished in England ( a ) A sort of precious stones ( says Urry ) brought from Balassia , in India . ( b ) Shining . throughout several reigns , the annals of Scotland in the 68 HISTORY ...
Page 69
... appears that he needed its consolations . In his so- licitations at the court of James IV . for honours or church - preferment , he seems to have experienced Spenser's fate , and felt the bitterness which dic- tated his memorable lines ...
... appears that he needed its consolations . In his so- licitations at the court of James IV . for honours or church - preferment , he seems to have experienced Spenser's fate , and felt the bitterness which dic- tated his memorable lines ...
Page 75
... appear , startle the spectator , and evanish , before his alarm gives place to the disgust or con- tempt which their prolonged appearance could not fail to produce . GAWIN DOUGLAS , third son of the Earl of Angus , named BELL - THE ...
... appear , startle the spectator , and evanish , before his alarm gives place to the disgust or con- tempt which their prolonged appearance could not fail to produce . GAWIN DOUGLAS , third son of the Earl of Angus , named BELL - THE ...
Page 78
... appear to have produced any effect Lyndsay deserves the praise of honest courage , and his master is entitled to the merit , rare among princes , of having uni- formly appreciated the sincerity that opposed his own will . The satirical ...
... appear to have produced any effect Lyndsay deserves the praise of honest courage , and his master is entitled to the merit , rare among princes , of having uni- formly appreciated the sincerity that opposed his own will . The satirical ...
Page 104
... appear to have a malicious pleasure in setting folks right on small points of chronology and unimportant truth , at the sacrifice of the finest points of their romantic creed . Surrey's late ingenious bio- grapher cannot well get rid of ...
... appear to have a malicious pleasure in setting folks right on small points of chronology and unimportant truth , at the sacrifice of the finest points of their romantic creed . Surrey's late ingenious bio- grapher cannot well get rid of ...
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