Specimens of the early English poets [ed. by G. Ellis.]. To which is prefixed an historical sketch of the rise and progress of the English poetry and language. By G. Ellis, Band 11801 |
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... usually received by the public . But as the pleasure we derive from this source , must be proportionate to the degree of in- terest which we take in the persons described ; it VOL . I. B is probable that a series of the works of our ...
... usually received by the public . But as the pleasure we derive from this source , must be proportionate to the degree of in- terest which we take in the persons described ; it VOL . I. B is probable that a series of the works of our ...
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... , and in many other works . Indeed , if we write the two hemistiches as separate verses , we obtain that form of verse of which Skelton was so fond , and which , from its frequent application to metrical romances , was usually [ 42 ]
... , and in many other works . Indeed , if we write the two hemistiches as separate verses , we obtain that form of verse of which Skelton was so fond , and which , from its frequent application to metrical romances , was usually [ 42 ]
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English poets George Ellis. from its frequent application to metrical romances , was usually called the minstrel - metre . SAMSON DE NANTEUIL translated the Proverbs of Solomon into French verse , at the instance of Adelaide de Condi ...
English poets George Ellis. from its frequent application to metrical romances , was usually called the minstrel - metre . SAMSON DE NANTEUIL translated the Proverbs of Solomon into French verse , at the instance of Adelaide de Condi ...
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... usually called in France , the Feast of the Normans . It is to be found in the Royal Library at Paris . The ninth is a Life of St. Nicholas , written , like the preceding , in eight - syllable verse . It is to be found in the library of ...
... usually called in France , the Feast of the Normans . It is to be found in the Royal Library at Paris . The ninth is a Life of St. Nicholas , written , like the preceding , in eight - syllable verse . It is to be found in the library of ...
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... usually adopted in the present sketch , and to give the fol- lowing extract in the spelling of the original MSS . This minute accuracy was requisite for the satis- faction of such readers as may choose to collate the transcript with the ...
... usually adopted in the present sketch , and to give the fol- lowing extract in the spelling of the original MSS . This minute accuracy was requisite for the satis- faction of such readers as may choose to collate the transcript with the ...
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Seite 314 - Now have we many chimneys ; and yet our tenderlings complain of rheums, catarrhs, and poses ; then had we none but reredosses, and our heads did never ache. For as the smoke in those days was supposed to be a sufficient hardening for the timber of the house, so it was reputed a far better medicine to keep the good-man and his family from the quack or pose, wherewith, as then, very few were acquainted.
Seite 229 - Freedom the zest to pleasure gives— He lives at ease who freely lives. Grief, sickness, poortith, want, are all Summ'd up within the name of thrall.
Seite 11 - In English, and in writing of our tongue, " So pray I to God that none mis-write thee...
Seite 269 - Occleve led the way : and that he is the " first of our writers whose style is clothed with " that perspicuity in which the English phraseology " appears at this day, to an English reader.
Seite 42 - IT WAS FROM ENGLAND AND NORMANDY THAT THE FRENCH RECEIVED THE FIRST WORKS WHICH DESERVE TO BE CITED IN THEIR LANGUAGE.
Seite 316 - ... and thereto a sack of chaff to rest his head upon, he thought himself to be as well lodged as the lord of the town...
Seite 321 - I saw where hung my own6 hood, That I had lost among the throng : To buy my own hood I thought it wrong; I knew it as well as I did my creed; But, for lack of money, I could not speed. The Taverner took me by the sleeve; "Sir," saith he,
Seite 207 - I have observed that a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or a fair man, of a mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor; with other particulars of a like nature, that conduce very much to the right understanding of an author.
Seite 344 - Bruce," says an elegant critic, " is evidently the work of a politician as well as poet. The characters of the king, of his brother, of Douglas, and of the earl of Moray, are discriminated, and their separate talents always employed with judgment ; so that every event is prepared and rendered probable by the means to which it is attributed ; whereas the life of Wallace is a mere romance, in which the hero hews down whole squadrons with his single arm, and is indebted for every victory to his own...
Seite 224 - When Alexander our king was dead, That Scotland led in love and lee, ' Away was sons * of ale and bread, Of wine and wax, ofgamyn and glee : Our gold was changed into lead.