Lectures on English Poetry: To the Time of MiltonWhittaker, 1837 - 118 Seiten |
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... original . Boccacio in his Decameron had imagined the assembly of ten young persons at a country house , when the plague in Florence began to abate , and every day each narrated some story for their common amusement . Chaucer collected ...
... original . Boccacio in his Decameron had imagined the assembly of ten young persons at a country house , when the plague in Florence began to abate , and every day each narrated some story for their common amusement . Chaucer collected ...
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... original thoughts ; by language energetic and decisive ; and over all their truths and errors , alike glaring and profound , by the glow of enthusiasm falling , not softly like sunlight through the tracery of stained windows , but ...
... original thoughts ; by language energetic and decisive ; and over all their truths and errors , alike glaring and profound , by the glow of enthusiasm falling , not softly like sunlight through the tracery of stained windows , but ...
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... original when he disregarded them . His Gondibert , which he calls an epic , met with its admirers , and he has written a long preface to prove its excellencies ; but neither its metre , plot , characters , or execution have rescued it ...
... original when he disregarded them . His Gondibert , which he calls an epic , met with its admirers , and he has written a long preface to prove its excellencies ; but neither its metre , plot , characters , or execution have rescued it ...
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... original : La tre The thirsty earth soaks up the rain , And drinks , and gapes for drink again . The plants suck in the earth , and are With constant drinking fresh and fair . The sea itself , which one would think Should have but ...
... original : La tre The thirsty earth soaks up the rain , And drinks , and gapes for drink again . The plants suck in the earth , and are With constant drinking fresh and fair . The sea itself , which one would think Should have but ...
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... original mind , and their images stood out like the sharp and firm outline of a cliff against the blue sky The sonnet on his blindness breathes of his calm and patient fortitude , those to Cromwell and Fairfax of his honest and unbought ...
... original mind , and their images stood out like the sharp and firm outline of a cliff against the blue sky The sonnet on his blindness breathes of his calm and patient fortitude , those to Cromwell and Fairfax of his honest and unbought ...
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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