Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions of English Authors, from Earliest to the Present Time : Connected by a Critical and Biographical HistoryRobert Chambers Gould, Kendall and Lincoln, 1850 |
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... POETS OF ENGLAND . The first literary productions which call for at- tention after the Conquest , are a class which may be ... poet . only translated a serious history , written a few years before in Latin by a monk named GEOFFREY OF MON ...
... POETS OF ENGLAND . The first literary productions which call for at- tention after the Conquest , are a class which may be ... poet . only translated a serious history , written a few years before in Latin by a monk named GEOFFREY OF MON ...
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... poet was honoured with the steady and effective patronage of John of Gaunt , whose marriage with Blanche , heiress of Lancaster , he commemorates in his poem of the Dream . Chaucer and ' time - honoured Gaunt ' became closely connected ...
... poet was honoured with the steady and effective patronage of John of Gaunt , whose marriage with Blanche , heiress of Lancaster , he commemorates in his poem of the Dream . Chaucer and ' time - honoured Gaunt ' became closely connected ...
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... poet . They were as much defied by Shak- speare ; but in both we have the higher qualities of true feeling , passion , and excitement , which blind us to mere scholastic blemishes and defects . strictness or restraint by the way . The poet ...
... poet . They were as much defied by Shak- speare ; but in both we have the higher qualities of true feeling , passion , and excitement , which blind us to mere scholastic blemishes and defects . strictness or restraint by the way . The poet ...
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... poet , wherever it suits his con- veniency , or his pleasure , makes accented syllables short , and short syllables emphatic . This has been not only a difficulty with ordinary readers , but a subject of perplexity amongst commentators ...
... poet , wherever it suits his con- veniency , or his pleasure , makes accented syllables short , and short syllables emphatic . This has been not only a difficulty with ordinary readers , but a subject of perplexity amongst commentators ...
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... poet . Gower . Mr Warton has happily selected a few passages from Gower , which convey a lively expression of natural feeling , and give a favourable impression of the author . Speaking of the gratification which his passion receives ...
... poet . Gower . Mr Warton has happily selected a few passages from Gower , which convey a lively expression of natural feeling , and give a favourable impression of the author . Speaking of the gratification which his passion receives ...
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afterwards beauty Ben Jonson breast breath bright Cæsar called Chaucer court death delight dost doth drama Duchess of Malfy Earl earth Eastward Hoe England English eyes Faery Queen fair fancy fear fire flowers Francis Beaumont gentle Giles Fletcher give grace hand happy hast hath heart heaven Henry Henry VIII holy honour Hudibras John John Lesley Jonson king labour lady language learning leave light live look Lord masque merry mind muse nature never night noble nymph passion Philip Massinger play pleasure poem poet poetical poetry poor praise prince queen racter reign rich Scotland Shakspeare shepherd shine sing sleep song soul Spenser spirit St Serf style sweet taste tell thee thine things thought tion tongue unto verse wind wine words write youth