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English poets George Ellis. OF THE Carly English Poets , TO WHICH IS
PREFIXED AN HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE
ENGLISH POETRY AND LANGUAGE ; IN THREE VOLUMES . BY GEORGE
ELLIS , ESQ ...
English poets George Ellis. OF THE Carly English Poets , TO WHICH IS
PREFIXED AN HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE
ENGLISH POETRY AND LANGUAGE ; IN THREE VOLUMES . BY GEORGE
ELLIS , ESQ ...
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Although , from their contempt of what they thought the rustic and sordid poverty
of our early language , they often adopted a cumbrous and gaudy magnificence
of diction ; they accumulated the ore , which has been refined by their successors
...
Although , from their contempt of what they thought the rustic and sordid poverty
of our early language , they often adopted a cumbrous and gaudy magnificence
of diction ; they accumulated the ore , which has been refined by their successors
...
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... diffuse and languid , his poems possess considerable merit ; and , as well as
his prose works , were considered by his contemporaries as a model of pure and
elegant language . This excellence principally recommended them to the notice ...
... diffuse and languid , his poems possess considerable merit ; and , as well as
his prose works , were considered by his contemporaries as a model of pure and
elegant language . This excellence principally recommended them to the notice ...
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It must also be remembered that the English language was , at this time , much
more copious , and consequently ... during the first half of the sixteenth century ,
by almost daily adoptions from the learned languages ; and though they were
often ...
It must also be remembered that the English language was , at this time , much
more copious , and consequently ... during the first half of the sixteenth century ,
by almost daily adoptions from the learned languages ; and though they were
often ...
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| Title | Specimens of the early English poets [ed. by G. Ellis.]. To which is prefixed an historical sketch of the rise and progress of the English poetry and language. By G. Ellis, Volume 2 Specimens of the early English poets [ed. by G. Ellis.]. To which is prefixed an historical sketch of the rise and progress of the English poetry and language. By G. Ellis, English poets |
| Author | English poets |
| Editor | George Ellis |
| Published | 1801 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 21 Jun 2007 |
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