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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... learned leisure . This , indeed , applies to genius of that rare and predomin- ating kind , which has so seldom been manifested in any circumstances , and which surmounts all bonds - existing in the great poet wherever he may be cast ...
... learned leisure . This , indeed , applies to genius of that rare and predomin- ating kind , which has so seldom been manifested in any circumstances , and which surmounts all bonds - existing in the great poet wherever he may be cast ...
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... learned than had been usual with former princes . He wrote verses - royally indeed — and he cultivat- ed music as a science with a success that , had he been destined for a happy or a good man , might have entitled him to the place of ...
... learned than had been usual with former princes . He wrote verses - royally indeed — and he cultivat- ed music as a science with a success that , had he been destined for a happy or a good man , might have entitled him to the place of ...
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... deere love , why doe ye sleepe thus long , When meeter were that ye should now awake , T'awayt the comming of your joyous make , ( a ) ( a ) Mate . And hearken to the birds love - learned song , SPENSER . 141 Epithalamion.
... deere love , why doe ye sleepe thus long , When meeter were that ye should now awake , T'awayt the comming of your joyous make , ( a ) ( a ) Mate . And hearken to the birds love - learned song , SPENSER . 141 Epithalamion.
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... learned song , The deawy leaves among ! For they of joy and pleasance to you sing , That all the woods then answer , and theyr eccho ring . My love is now awake out of her dreame , And her fayre eyes , like stars that dimmed were With ...
... learned song , The deawy leaves among ! For they of joy and pleasance to you sing , That all the woods then answer , and theyr eccho ring . My love is now awake out of her dreame , And her fayre eyes , like stars that dimmed were With ...
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... learned men ; and it is a curi- ous trait of ancient manners to find scholars and foreign- ers lodged in their houses . At Frankfort Sydney lived in the house of Andrew Wechel . Before returning home he spent a year in Italy , and it is ...
... learned men ; and it is a curi- ous trait of ancient manners to find scholars and foreign- ers lodged in their houses . At Frankfort Sydney lived in the house of Andrew Wechel . Before returning home he spent a year in Italy , and it is ...
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