Lectures on English Poetry: To the Time of MiltonWhittaker, 1837 - 118 Seiten |
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... celebrated their gods and heroes to the music of their rude harps . * Goths who overrun Europe had their scalds or bards , who invoked the warlike Odin , and in lofty lyrics sang their wild and terrible legends and spirit stirring ...
... celebrated their gods and heroes to the music of their rude harps . * Goths who overrun Europe had their scalds or bards , who invoked the warlike Odin , and in lofty lyrics sang their wild and terrible legends and spirit stirring ...
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... celebrated Taillefer , who encouraged the soldiers with songs of Charlemagne and Roland , and rushed , sword in hand , amidst the Saxon ranks , where he perished . The Norman minstrels are supposed to have been descendants of the scalds ...
... celebrated Taillefer , who encouraged the soldiers with songs of Charlemagne and Roland , and rushed , sword in hand , amidst the Saxon ranks , where he perished . The Norman minstrels are supposed to have been descendants of the scalds ...
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... and learned , and authors looked for renown amongst the celebrated of other lands as well as their own . Alfred the Great translated Bede's History and other books * Cædmon lived about 670 . into Anglo - Saxon , and there are examples of ...
... and learned , and authors looked for renown amongst the celebrated of other lands as well as their own . Alfred the Great translated Bede's History and other books * Cædmon lived about 670 . into Anglo - Saxon , and there are examples of ...
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... celebrating her refined manners at table * Nut head . + Knew . Armour for the arms . ? A saint who presided over the weather , the patron of field sports . Her ¶ Seinte Loi , i . e . Saint Louis . ** Neatly . - an accomplishment of much ...
... celebrating her refined manners at table * Nut head . + Knew . Armour for the arms . ? A saint who presided over the weather , the patron of field sports . Her ¶ Seinte Loi , i . e . Saint Louis . ** Neatly . - an accomplishment of much ...
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... celebrated the beauty of the Lady Geraldine with the gallantry , while he defended it with the courage of a knight errant . His sonnets are polished and expressive , wanting in power , yet free from that conceit which gives an air of ...
... celebrated the beauty of the Lady Geraldine with the gallantry , while he defended it with the courage of a knight errant . His sonnets are polished and expressive , wanting in power , yet free from that conceit which gives an air of ...
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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