Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions of English Authors, from Earliest to the Present Time : Connected by a Critical and Biographical HistoryRobert Chambers Gould, Kendall and Lincoln, 1850 |
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... POETS OF ENGLAND . The first literary productions which call for at- tention after the Conquest , are a class which may be ... poet . only translated a serious history , written a few years before in Latin by a monk named GEOFFREY OF MON ...
... POETS OF ENGLAND . The first literary productions which call for at- tention after the Conquest , are a class which may be ... poet . only translated a serious history , written a few years before in Latin by a monk named GEOFFREY OF MON ...
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... poet was honoured with the steady and effective patronage of John of Gaunt , whose marriage with Blanche , heiress of Lancaster , he commemorates in his poem of the Dream . Chaucer and ' time - honoured Gaunt ' became closely connected ...
... poet was honoured with the steady and effective patronage of John of Gaunt , whose marriage with Blanche , heiress of Lancaster , he commemorates in his poem of the Dream . Chaucer and ' time - honoured Gaunt ' became closely connected ...
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... poet . They were as much defied by Shak- speare ; but in both we have the higher qualities of true feeling , passion , and excitement , which blind us to mere scholastic blemishes and defects . strictness or restraint by the way . The poet ...
... poet . They were as much defied by Shak- speare ; but in both we have the higher qualities of true feeling , passion , and excitement , which blind us to mere scholastic blemishes and defects . strictness or restraint by the way . The poet ...
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... poet , wherever it suits his con- veniency , or his pleasure , makes accented syllables short , and short syllables emphatic . This has been not only a difficulty with ordinary readers , but a subject of perplexity amongst commentators ...
... poet , wherever it suits his con- veniency , or his pleasure , makes accented syllables short , and short syllables emphatic . This has been not only a difficulty with ordinary readers , but a subject of perplexity amongst commentators ...
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... poet . Gower . Mr Warton has happily selected a few passages from Gower , which convey a lively expression of natural feeling , and give a favourable impression of the author . Speaking of the gratification which his passion receives ...
... poet . Gower . Mr Warton has happily selected a few passages from Gower , which convey a lively expression of natural feeling , and give a favourable impression of the author . Speaking of the gratification which his passion receives ...
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