Lectures on English Poetry: To the Time of MiltonWhittaker, 1837 - 118 էջ |
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... court , tended to bring the old Anglo - Saxon tongue into disrepute , and the policy of the conquerors threatened to exterminate it entirely . But it is as difficult to work an immediate revolution in the language as in the manners of a ...
... court , tended to bring the old Anglo - Saxon tongue into disrepute , and the policy of the conquerors threatened to exterminate it entirely . But it is as difficult to work an immediate revolution in the language as in the manners of a ...
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... courts were remarkable for their splendor and gallantry , and there was everything that could excite a lively fancy , or rouse a fervid imagination . And Chaucer neglected not these advantages , but drew largely from the rich store of ...
... courts were remarkable for their splendor and gallantry , and there was everything that could excite a lively fancy , or rouse a fervid imagination . And Chaucer neglected not these advantages , but drew largely from the rich store of ...
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... court of Theseus is , like the court of chivalry , peopled with knights and enlivened by the carousals and combats of his own time . His tales are well , but often inartificially told , the mechanism of the poet at times is ill ...
... court of Theseus is , like the court of chivalry , peopled with knights and enlivened by the carousals and combats of his own time . His tales are well , but often inartificially told , the mechanism of the poet at times is ill ...
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... Court Plays , exhibited at court during the Christmas holidays . But they consisted of pageants , mummeries , and disguisings , gorgeous and magnificent indeed , with their crowds of characters , the glitter and variety of their robes ...
... Court Plays , exhibited at court during the Christmas holidays . But they consisted of pageants , mummeries , and disguisings , gorgeous and magnificent indeed , with their crowds of characters , the glitter and variety of their robes ...
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... court and the age in which he lived ; and the anecdote of his fate at the battle of Zutphen , when , being mortally wounded , he commanded the cup of water brought for his relief to be given to a dying soldier who eyed it wistfully ...
... court and the age in which he lived ; and the anecdote of his fate at the battle of Zutphen , when , being mortally wounded , he commanded the cup of water brought for his relief to be given to a dying soldier who eyed it wistfully ...
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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