Specimens of the Lyrical, Descriptive, and Narrative Poets of Great Britain, from Chaucer to the Present Day:: With a Preliminary Sketch of the History of Early English Poetry, and Biographical and Critical Notices,Oliver & Boyd, 1828 - 560 páginas |
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... appear in all the periodical volumes that shall be published in Britain for the next hundred years . There are many living , or recent writers , from which it would have been agreeable to select much more iv ADVERTISEMENT .
... appear in all the periodical volumes that shall be published in Britain for the next hundred years . There are many living , or recent writers , from which it would have been agreeable to select much more iv ADVERTISEMENT .
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... appears to have been about the reign of Alfred , the patron and cherisher of letters and of every li- beral art . This prince , it is said , could repeat many Saxon poems or songs before he could write ; but though he enriched his ...
... appears to have been about the reign of Alfred , the patron and cherisher of letters and of every li- beral art . This prince , it is said , could repeat many Saxon poems or songs before he could write ; but though he enriched his ...
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... appear to have been a sub- ject of uncommon zest and temptation to our an- cestors . No vices have been so well " pelted with good sentences " as those of the Romish clergy . ( a ) Nor else . ( b ) Eagerly desired . ( c ) Perfectly ...
... appear to have been a sub- ject of uncommon zest and temptation to our an- cestors . No vices have been so well " pelted with good sentences " as those of the Romish clergy . ( a ) Nor else . ( b ) Eagerly desired . ( c ) Perfectly ...
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... appears well understood that pilgrimages were undertaken for many other purposes be- sides the ostensible one of devotion ; and that with pil- grims , as well as poets , the image of the Virgin and the statue of Venus were often ...
... appears well understood that pilgrimages were undertaken for many other purposes be- sides the ostensible one of devotion ; and that with pil- grims , as well as poets , the image of the Virgin and the statue of Venus were often ...
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... appears to have been the frequent fate of poets . His tomb , deco- rated with his volumes and his effigy , the head garlanded with roses , is still to be seen in the church of St Mary Overey in Southwark , to the erection of which ...
... appears to have been the frequent fate of poets . His tomb , deco- rated with his volumes and his effigy , the head garlanded with roses , is still to be seen in the church of St Mary Overey in Southwark , to the erection of which ...
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