Lectures on English Poetry: To the Time of MiltonWhittaker, 1837 - 118 Seiten |
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... less elegance than the feasts of modern times — we are next told of the sentimentality of her disposition , her dress and personal appearance . But for to speken of hire conscience , She was so charitable and so pitous , She wolde wepe ...
... less elegance than the feasts of modern times — we are next told of the sentimentality of her disposition , her dress and personal appearance . But for to speken of hire conscience , She was so charitable and so pitous , She wolde wepe ...
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... less modern than that of some of his contemporaries or immediate followers ; a circumstance that may perhaps be attributed to the nature of his subject , which the quaintness and antiquity of his expressions serve rather to embellish ...
... less modern than that of some of his contemporaries or immediate followers ; a circumstance that may perhaps be attributed to the nature of his subject , which the quaintness and antiquity of his expressions serve rather to embellish ...
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... less admiration . JOSHUA SILVESTER , the translator of Du Bartas ' Divine Weeks and Works , acquired in his day a popularity which has not triumphantly stood the test of time . His puritanical principles and the occasional excellence of ...
... less admiration . JOSHUA SILVESTER , the translator of Du Bartas ' Divine Weeks and Works , acquired in his day a popularity which has not triumphantly stood the test of time . His puritanical principles and the occasional excellence of ...
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... second hopeful glasse is broke . But yet if hap'ly his third fornace hold , Devoteth all his pots and pans to gold . DONNE had greater energy than Hall , but far less power of versification ; he was abstruse , and often 40.
... second hopeful glasse is broke . But yet if hap'ly his third fornace hold , Devoteth all his pots and pans to gold . DONNE had greater energy than Hall , but far less power of versification ; he was abstruse , and often 40.
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... less admired . The real truth is , that the state of society they represent is too primitively romantic to appear probable ; while their language and sentiments seem much more like those of fine gentlemen and ladies playing shepherds ...
... less admired . The real truth is , that the state of society they represent is too primitively romantic to appear probable ; while their language and sentiments seem much more like those of fine gentlemen and ladies playing shepherds ...
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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