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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... head of our national poetry , antiquaries , in a question which is interest- ing to themselves alone , are widely divided . Some would trace it to a Celtic origin - to the bards of Armorica or Brittany ; others to a Gothic source , or A ...
... head of our national poetry , antiquaries , in a question which is interest- ing to themselves alone , are widely divided . Some would trace it to a Celtic origin - to the bards of Armorica or Brittany ; others to a Gothic source , or A ...
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... head in her was . In this same old romance , in which the manners of chivalry are constantly ingrafted on classical his- tory , is found the well - known couplet in its true reading : - Merry swithe it is in halle , When the berdes ...
... head in her was . In this same old romance , in which the manners of chivalry are constantly ingrafted on classical his- tory , is found the well - known couplet in its true reading : - Merry swithe it is in halle , When the berdes ...
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... ( b ) Farther . ( c ) ( d ) Been placed at the head of the table . ( e ) Travelled . ( f ) Praise . ( h ) Smutted . ( g ) Wore a short cassock . ( i ) Coat of mail . With him ther was his sone a young Squier , 36 HISTORY OF EARLY.
... ( b ) Farther . ( c ) ( d ) Been placed at the head of the table . ( e ) Travelled . ( f ) Praise . ( h ) Smutted . ( g ) Wore a short cassock . ( i ) Coat of mail . With him ther was his sone a young Squier , 36 HISTORY OF EARLY.
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... ) Arrow . ( n ) Armour for the arm . ( c ) Horse skirmishing . ( f ) Night- ( i ) Tackle . ( h ) It pleased him . ( 2 ) A bullet - head . ( m ) Knew . And on that other side a gaie daggère , Harneised ENGLISH POETRY . 37.
... ) Arrow . ( n ) Armour for the arm . ( c ) Horse skirmishing . ( f ) Night- ( i ) Tackle . ( h ) It pleased him . ( 2 ) A bullet - head . ( m ) Knew . And on that other side a gaie daggère , Harneised ENGLISH POETRY . 37.
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... , ( d ) Hard rider . ( f ) A fine kind of fur . ( h ) Knew . ( a ) Mad . ( b ) Toil . ( c ) Biddeth . ( e ) Wrought on the edge . ( g ) Deep in the head , And eke with worthy wimmen of the toun : For 40 HISTORY OF EARLY.
... , ( d ) Hard rider . ( f ) A fine kind of fur . ( h ) Knew . ( a ) Mad . ( b ) Toil . ( c ) Biddeth . ( e ) Wrought on the edge . ( g ) Deep in the head , And eke with worthy wimmen of the toun : For 40 HISTORY OF EARLY.
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