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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... poets . It is a main ob- ject of the compilation to diffuse a more intimate knowledge of their names and of their writings . Into what raptures would thousands of fashionable readers be thrown , could such lyrics as those here selected ...
... poets . It is a main ob- ject of the compilation to diffuse a more intimate knowledge of their names and of their writings . Into what raptures would thousands of fashionable readers be thrown , could such lyrics as those here selected ...
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... poets whose principal writings , being sacred and serious , had already been noticed at length . But , between the two volumes , the BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES , as well as SPECIMENS of all the Poets , are , it is hoped , tolerably full and ...
... poets whose principal writings , being sacred and serious , had already been noticed at length . But , between the two volumes , the BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES , as well as SPECIMENS of all the Poets , are , it is hoped , tolerably full and ...
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... poetic romance . Edward instituted the Order of the Garter , and “ raised the Table Round again . " Tilts and tournaments were exhibited at several courts . In Italy , Boccaccio and Petrarch composed their immortal works ; and Froissart ...
... poetic romance . Edward instituted the Order of the Garter , and “ raised the Table Round again . " Tilts and tournaments were exhibited at several courts . In Italy , Boccaccio and Petrarch composed their immortal works ; and Froissart ...
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... poet had hi- therto done . He was also the friend of Petrarch , and probably of Boccaccio , the daily witness and sharer in court pageants , the companion of the most polished persons of Edward's court , the fa- vourite poet of that ...
... poet had hi- therto done . He was also the friend of Petrarch , and probably of Boccaccio , the daily witness and sharer in court pageants , the companion of the most polished persons of Edward's court , the fa- vourite poet of that ...
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... poet . But Chaucer was eminently what the old romances call " a man of middle earth ; " and nature soon reclaimed his genius from the regions of pure fancy to a field better worthy of his energetic powers . Before the full vigour of his ...
... poet . But Chaucer was eminently what the old romances call " a man of middle earth ; " and nature soon reclaimed his genius from the regions of pure fancy to a field better worthy of his energetic powers . Before the full vigour of his ...
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