Specimens of the Early English Poets, Volume 1Nicol, 1803 - 424 pages |
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... nature and extent of these alterations . Dr. Adam Smith , in his very ingenious essay on the formation of languages , has observed , that the order in which the several kinds of words ( or parts of speech ) were invented , may fairly be ...
... nature and extent of these alterations . Dr. Adam Smith , in his very ingenious essay on the formation of languages , has observed , that the order in which the several kinds of words ( or parts of speech ) were invented , may fairly be ...
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... natural appendage to a system of versification less strictly metrical ; -and that , as the date of its original introduction into Latin can only be conjectured , it is not more absurd to ascribe it to some northern proselyte , desirous ...
... natural appendage to a system of versification less strictly metrical ; -and that , as the date of its original introduction into Latin can only be conjectured , it is not more absurd to ascribe it to some northern proselyte , desirous ...
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... natural result of the increasing intercourse between the Norman nobles and their English vas- sals . In the mean time , the English monarchs were the most liberal , and , perhaps , the earliest patrons of French poetry : indeed we are ...
... natural result of the increasing intercourse between the Norman nobles and their English vas- sals . In the mean time , the English monarchs were the most liberal , and , perhaps , the earliest patrons of French poetry : indeed we are ...
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... nature , viz . the invention of printing in 1474 , and the taste for religious disputation introduced by Henry VIII . may have tended to complete their ruin . Though the minstrel character be now lost both in England and France , the ...
... nature , viz . the invention of printing in 1474 , and the taste for religious disputation introduced by Henry VIII . may have tended to complete their ruin . Though the minstrel character be now lost both in England and France , the ...
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... Nature . II . Of the World . III . Of Death . IV . Of Purgatory . V. Of the Day of Judgment . VI . Of the Torments of Hell . VII . Of the Joys of Heaven . Mr. Warton , however , suspects that they were all translated by contemporary ...
... Nature . II . Of the World . III . Of Death . IV . Of Purgatory . V. Of the Day of Judgment . VI . Of the Torments of Hell . VII . Of the Joys of Heaven . Mr. Warton , however , suspects that they were all translated by contemporary ...
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