Lectures on English Poetry: To the Time of MiltonWhittaker, 1837 - 118 Seiten |
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... verses familiarized to the public in the admirable collections of Percy and Ellis , and the poetry of many anonymous authors have sufficient claims for a separate notice , which would have been appended to the present volume , did it ...
... verses familiarized to the public in the admirable collections of Percy and Ellis , and the poetry of many anonymous authors have sufficient claims for a separate notice , which would have been appended to the present volume , did it ...
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... in poetry , rude as the times in which it arose , that the early traditions of most nations were preserved . Nay , even , in the primitive world , the precepts of the legislator were moulded into metre . The measure of verse 4.
... in poetry , rude as the times in which it arose , that the early traditions of most nations were preserved . Nay , even , in the primitive world , the precepts of the legislator were moulded into metre . The measure of verse 4.
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... verse makes it easy of remembrance , and long before either reading or writing were general accomplishments , and man was dependant on his memory , the convenience of retaining verse in the recollection rendered it popular . Neither was ...
... verse makes it easy of remembrance , and long before either reading or writing were general accomplishments , and man was dependant on his memory , the convenience of retaining verse in the recollection rendered it popular . Neither was ...
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... verse of the period still extant consists chiefly of rhyming chronicles and scriptural paraphrases ; the minstrels had ceased to rely upon their own imagination , they had lost their sturdy superstition , and became little better than ...
... verse of the period still extant consists chiefly of rhyming chronicles and scriptural paraphrases ; the minstrels had ceased to rely upon their own imagination , they had lost their sturdy superstition , and became little better than ...
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... verse , and rejecting the extravagances of the French romancers , wrote with a system and precision , and at the same time with a vigor that was foreign to their works . * Our earliest specimen of Saxon poetry is a fragment by Cadmon ...
... verse , and rejecting the extravagances of the French romancers , wrote with a system and precision , and at the same time with a vigor that was foreign to their works . * Our earliest specimen of Saxon poetry is a fragment by Cadmon ...
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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