Lectures on English Poetry: To the Time of MiltonWhittaker, 1837 - 118 Seiten |
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... mind , long before it awakens to appreciate whatever is calm lovely and unexciting . The Saxons in the fifth century brought with them into England the Runic letters and language , and it was not until after their conversion to ...
... mind , long before it awakens to appreciate whatever is calm lovely and unexciting . The Saxons in the fifth century brought with them into England the Runic letters and language , and it was not until after their conversion to ...
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... mind was little instructed , and the rude fiction or ruder jest excited the attention or aroused the ready mirth of a crowd of listeners . The progress of literature among the Saxons was tardy and gradual . For some time after their ...
... mind was little instructed , and the rude fiction or ruder jest excited the attention or aroused the ready mirth of a crowd of listeners . The progress of literature among the Saxons was tardy and gradual . For some time after their ...
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... minds of a generous but unlearned people . * In the time of the Normans we have Wace , who translated into French the Brut of Geoffrey of Mon- mouth ; Layamon , a priest , who translated Wace into the popular language of the period ...
... minds of a generous but unlearned people . * In the time of the Normans we have Wace , who translated into French the Brut of Geoffrey of Mon- mouth ; Layamon , a priest , who translated Wace into the popular language of the period ...
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... the period , which I hope will be borne in mind by my readers . After Lord Buckhurst followed CHURCHYARD , and EDWARDS , whose works have not retained much popu- larity , although those of the former have been reprinted 30.
... the period , which I hope will be borne in mind by my readers . After Lord Buckhurst followed CHURCHYARD , and EDWARDS , whose works have not retained much popu- larity , although those of the former have been reprinted 30.
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... mind is too fascinated by the variety of images and change of character thronging before it in rapid succession , to be palled by the length or satiated by the subject . The great strength of the poem lies in the legends of Holiness ...
... mind is too fascinated by the variety of images and change of character thronging before it in rapid succession , to be palled by the length or satiated by the subject . The great strength of the poem lies in the legends of Holiness ...
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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