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 101
... passion of Skelton . His turbulence and scurrility , which kept him embroiled through life , drove him at last to claim the protection of the sanctuary of Westminster ; in which the first Eng- lish libeller died in merited contempt and ...
... passion of Skelton . His turbulence and scurrility , which kept him embroiled through life , drove him at last to claim the protection of the sanctuary of Westminster ; in which the first Eng- lish libeller died in merited contempt and ...
Page 104
... passion she inspired . With the young Duke of Richmond Surrey attended Car- dinal Wolsey's College at Oxford ; and it is said he went over to France with him to receive the king on his me- morable visit to Francis I. , and thus must ...
... passion she inspired . With the young Duke of Richmond Surrey attended Car- dinal Wolsey's College at Oxford ; and it is said he went over to France with him to receive the king on his me- morable visit to Francis I. , and thus must ...
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... passionate sonnets . Even Geraldine herself has been imagined an ideal being , though there is little doubt that Surrey's mistress had a real existence , and was a daughter of the Earl of Kildare . She was an attendant on some of the ...
... passionate sonnets . Even Geraldine herself has been imagined an ideal being , though there is little doubt that Surrey's mistress had a real existence , and was a daughter of the Earl of Kildare . She was an attendant on some of the ...
Page 108
... passion , and above all his unjust death in the flower of his age , have thrown an interest around the verse of Surrey which belongs rather to the man than the poet . That criticism would be cold - hearted indeed which would seek to di ...
... passion , and above all his unjust death in the flower of his age , have thrown an interest around the verse of Surrey which belongs rather to the man than the poet . That criticism would be cold - hearted indeed which would seek to di ...
Page 111
... but surpassing him in terseness and moral vigour . Surrey's love - verses spring from passion and unaffected impulse , refined by gallantry , and animated by a WYATT . 111 Description and Praise of his Love, Geraldine SIR THOMAS WYATT.
... but surpassing him in terseness and moral vigour . Surrey's love - verses spring from passion and unaffected impulse , refined by gallantry , and animated by a WYATT . 111 Description and Praise of his Love, Geraldine SIR THOMAS WYATT.
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