Specimens of the Early English Poets; to Which is Prefixed, an Historical Sketch of the Rise and Progress of the English Poetry and Language, with a Biography of Each Poet, & c.: Vol. IBoD – Books on Demand, 2024 M04 27 - 372 pages Reprint of the original, first published in 1845. |
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
CHAPTER II | 29 |
CHAPTER III | 48 |
CHAPTER VI | 116 |
CHAPTER VII | 134 |
CHAPTER X | 200 |
CHAPTER XI | 223 |
CHAPTER XII | 242 |
REIGN OF HENRY VI | 256 |
Hugh de Campeden Thomas Chestre Scotish | 281 |
CHAPTER XV | 304 |
Additional Extract from Robert de Brunne | 336 |
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