Lectures on English Poetry: To the Time of MiltonWhittaker, 1837 - 118 من الصفحات |
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... properly appreciate their actions ; and thus , while we obtain from history an account of public events and public characters , it is from the more B diffuse but popular records of contemporary literature that we discern LECTURE ...
... properly appreciate their actions ; and thus , while we obtain from history an account of public events and public characters , it is from the more B diffuse but popular records of contemporary literature that we discern LECTURE ...
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... history is the grand outline . There are perhaps few branches of literature more calculated to supply part of this information than poetry . While we occasionally meet with subjects furnished and adorned wholly by the imagination , we ...
... history is the grand outline . There are perhaps few branches of literature more calculated to supply part of this information than poetry . While we occasionally meet with subjects furnished and adorned wholly by the imagination , we ...
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... historical legends as fell within their reach . The prevalence of the French language amongst the Norman nobility , and its introduction into the court , tended to bring the old Anglo - Saxon tongue into disrepute , and the policy of ...
... historical legends as fell within their reach . The prevalence of the French language amongst the Norman nobility , and its introduction into the court , tended to bring the old Anglo - Saxon tongue into disrepute , and the policy of ...
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... . The reign of chivalry , fantastic as it may have been , forms a history of itself ; and however wild the spirit which gave rise to the institution , its effects were con- siderable . It soon spread over Europe , and aroused 10.
... . The reign of chivalry , fantastic as it may have been , forms a history of itself ; and however wild the spirit which gave rise to the institution , its effects were con- siderable . It soon spread over Europe , and aroused 10.
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... History of England and many other works in Latin , as was customary in the early ages when readers were few and learned , and authors looked for renown amongst the celebrated of other lands as well as their own . Alfred the Great ...
... History of England and many other works in Latin , as was customary in the early ages when readers were few and learned , and authors looked for renown amongst the celebrated of other lands as well as their own . Alfred the Great ...
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Æneid allusion amidst angels appear battle beautiful Ben Johnson bird bold breath bright Canterbury Tales celebrated characters Chaucer composed composition Comus conceit court dark deep delight dignity doth eloquence English English poetry eternal expression fair fancy feelings flowers fugitive verses gallantry genius Geoffrey Chaucer GILES FLETCHER gloomy glowing gold happy heart heaven heroes hire human images imagination Inner Temple inspiration John of Gaunt King language learning legends light literature lived lofty looked Lord mankind mighty Milton mind minstrels moral muse narration nature night Paradise Lost passions Petrarch poem poet poetical poetry popular proud quaint refined reign religious rendered rhymes rise romance rose rude Saint Brandon sang Satan Saxon sentiment Shakspeare shew songs sonnets soul Spenser spirit stream sublime sustained sweet Temple thee tree truth unto verse virtues wanting wife of Bath wild wings Wynkyn de Worde zeal