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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... young Prioress , who mingles religion and sentiment so delicately , wearing on her bracelets the motto Amor vincit omnia beneath a crowned A , even on this vowed pilgrimage , and lavishing her caresses , the softness of her tender heart ...
... young Prioress , who mingles religion and sentiment so delicately , wearing on her bracelets the motto Amor vincit omnia beneath a crowned A , even on this vowed pilgrimage , and lavishing her caresses , the softness of her tender heart ...
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... young Squire , to whom is given the story of Cambuscan , that singular mixture of wild Arabic romance and Gothic chivalry which drew forth Mil- ton's spirited invocation to the shade of Chaucer : - Call him up who left half - told The ...
... young Squire , to whom is given the story of Cambuscan , that singular mixture of wild Arabic romance and Gothic chivalry which drew forth Mil- ton's spirited invocation to the shade of Chaucer : - Call him up who left half - told The ...
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... War . ( 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.
... War . ( 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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... young in his pure innocence , Shall agayn right suffer death's violence , Tender of limbes , God wote , full guiltèlesse The goodly faire , that lieth here speechless . A mouth he has , but wordis hath he none ; Cannot complaine alas ...
... young in his pure innocence , Shall agayn right suffer death's violence , Tender of limbes , God wote , full guiltèlesse The goodly faire , that lieth here speechless . A mouth he has , but wordis hath he none ; Cannot complaine alas ...
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... young May , who is personified with many touches of beauty , stands by the bed of the poet , and com- mands him to rise to sing her praises , as had been his wont in former years . After some farther so- lemnities and hymns to Nature ...
... young May , who is personified with many touches of beauty , stands by the bed of the poet , and com- mands him to rise to sing her praises , as had been his wont in former years . After some farther so- lemnities and hymns to Nature ...
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