Lectures on English Poetry: To the Time of MiltonWhittaker, 1837 - 118 էջ |
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... crowd the heavens and the earth with beings who still retain the violent passions of men , while their divinities speak in the tempest or hover round the field of carnage . Images of rugged grandeur and awe first fill the mind , long ...
... crowd the heavens and the earth with beings who still retain the violent passions of men , while their divinities speak in the tempest or hover round the field of carnage . Images of rugged grandeur and awe first fill the mind , long ...
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... crowd of listeners . The progress of literature among the Saxons was tardy and gradual . For some time after their invasion , when their power was established , they directed their attention to the arts of peace , but they were ...
... crowd of listeners . The progress of literature among the Saxons was tardy and gradual . For some time after their invasion , when their power was established , they directed their attention to the arts of peace , but they were ...
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... crowds of characters , the glitter and variety of their robes , the quaint and grotesque personifications of their actors , their devices and their hilarity , but presenting rather an exhibition than a sustained performance . It was in ...
... crowds of characters , the glitter and variety of their robes , the quaint and grotesque personifications of their actors , their devices and their hilarity , but presenting rather an exhibition than a sustained performance . It was in ...
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... crowd too much into the poem , it consequently becomes obscure and confused . To the writers of sonnets great poetic judgment , a delicate power of balancing words and concentrating ideas are indispensable ; and these properties the ...
... crowd too much into the poem , it consequently becomes obscure and confused . To the writers of sonnets great poetic judgment , a delicate power of balancing words and concentrating ideas are indispensable ; and these properties the ...
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... crowd of villagers listening with open mouths and half incredulous air to the wonders of the narrator . His Sessions of the Poets is a humorous little satire ; and the poem To a Lady on her going out of England ' ( of which the ...
... crowd of villagers listening with open mouths and half incredulous air to the wonders of the narrator . His Sessions of the Poets is a humorous little satire ; and the poem To a Lady on her going out of England ' ( of which the ...
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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