Lectures on English Poetry: To the Time of MiltonWhittaker, 1837 - 118 Seiten |
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... legends and spirit stirring battle songs . The first poetry of an uncivilized race is always nervous and empassioned , abounding in grand but simple meta- phor , and preserving a tempestuous harmony through its irregular and unequal ...
... legends and spirit stirring battle songs . The first poetry of an uncivilized race is always nervous and empassioned , abounding in grand but simple meta- phor , and preserving a tempestuous harmony through its irregular and unequal ...
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... legends and receiving money and hospitality in return for their songs and tales , and for the exhibition of those feats of activity which formed part of their performance . They were at once poets , vocalists , and jugglers ; and ...
... legends and receiving money and hospitality in return for their songs and tales , and for the exhibition of those feats of activity which formed part of their performance . They were at once poets , vocalists , and jugglers ; and ...
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... descendants of the scalds , and to have been celebrated in the north of France long before the troubadours of Provence arose with their legends and romances in the south B 3 7 primitive their rhymes, or ordinary their feats, they ...
... descendants of the scalds , and to have been celebrated in the north of France long before the troubadours of Provence arose with their legends and romances in the south B 3 7 primitive their rhymes, or ordinary their feats, they ...
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... 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 the ...
... 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 the ...
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... legends of ancient mythology furnished them with subjects . All was tinged with the religious and warlike enthusiasm of the times . Their characters were as devout as valiant , and their gallantry to the fair sex almost fantastic . They ...
... legends of ancient mythology furnished them with subjects . All was tinged with the religious and warlike enthusiasm of the times . Their characters were as devout as valiant , and their gallantry to the fair sex almost fantastic . They ...
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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