Lectures on English Poetry: To the Time of MiltonWhittaker, 1837 - 118 Seiten |
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... language of poetry was used in their ceremonies , and their deities communicated with mortals in verse . The In the dark superstition of the Britons , the bards formed one division of the priesthood , and celebrated their gods and ...
... language of poetry was used in their ceremonies , and their deities communicated with mortals in verse . The In the dark superstition of the Britons , the bards formed one division of the priesthood , and celebrated their gods and ...
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... language , and it was not until after their conversion to Christianity * that they neglected those symbols , which thenceforward they esteemed necromantic . With their old gloomy superstition they lost much of their poetic character ...
... language , and it was not until after their conversion to Christianity * that they neglected those symbols , which thenceforward they esteemed necromantic . With their old gloomy superstition they lost much of their poetic character ...
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... 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 conquerors threatened to exterminate it entirely . But it is as difficult ...
... 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 conquerors threatened to exterminate it entirely . But it is as difficult ...
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... languages gradually blended into one , and then was formed the basis of the English which is now spoken ; although by ... language of which at first it seemed scarcely susceptible ; for though nervous it was rude , and though expressive ...
... languages gradually blended into one , and then was formed the basis of the English which is now spoken ; although by ... language of which at first it seemed scarcely susceptible ; for though nervous it was rude , and though expressive ...
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... language into the measures of 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 ...
... language into the measures of 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 ...
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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