Specimens of the Early English Poets, Volume 1Nicol, 1803 - 424 pages |
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... preserved by Hickes any very studied attempts at alliteration ( a species of ornament probably introduced by the Danes ) , nor the embellishment of rhyme , nor a metre depending on a fixed and determinate number of syllables [ 11 ] .
... preserved by Hickes any very studied attempts at alliteration ( a species of ornament probably introduced by the Danes ) , nor the embellishment of rhyme , nor a metre depending on a fixed and determinate number of syllables [ 11 ] .
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... preserved among the MSS . Harl . No. 4482 , and Rollo , and the fifth , or Romance of Richard , son of William Long - sword ; both in the same Alexandrine metre . Wace's sixth work is a poem of considerable length , containing near ...
... preserved among the MSS . Harl . No. 4482 , and Rollo , and the fifth , or Romance of Richard , son of William Long - sword ; both in the same Alexandrine metre . Wace's sixth work is a poem of considerable length , containing near ...
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... preserved in the British of this poem are extracted by Hickes . Vide Thesaurus P. 145 , 149 , & c . The tenth is the Roman du Chevalier au Lion . Fauchet and others ascribe this to Chrestien de Troyes , who ( says ) M , de la Rue ...
... preserved in the British of this poem are extracted by Hickes . Vide Thesaurus P. 145 , 149 , & c . The tenth is the Roman du Chevalier au Lion . Fauchet and others ascribe this to Chrestien de Troyes , who ( says ) M , de la Rue ...
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... preserved , and which are not to be found in any other author . In descriptive poetry he seems to have possessed considerable merit ; and , supposing him the author of the Song on the advantages of the Crusade , which M. de la Rue ...
... preserved , and which are not to be found in any other author . In descriptive poetry he seems to have possessed considerable merit ; and , supposing him the author of the Song on the advantages of the Crusade , which M. de la Rue ...
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... preserved in the British Museum , MSS . Cot . Calig . A. ix . As this very curious work never was , and pro- bably never will be printed , it appeared necessary to depart , in this instance , from the practice usually adopted in the ...
... preserved in the British Museum , MSS . Cot . Calig . A. ix . As this very curious work never was , and pro- bably never will be printed , it appeared necessary to depart , in this instance , from the practice usually adopted in the ...
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