Lectures on English Poetry: To the Time of MiltonWhittaker, 1837 - 118 էջ |
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... existence , and is a valuable specimen of the compositions in which our ancestors delighted . There were also secular plays of great antiquity performed by strolling jestours , which were discountenanced by the religious orders , and ...
... existence , and is a valuable specimen of the compositions in which our ancestors delighted . There were also secular plays of great antiquity performed by strolling jestours , which were discountenanced by the religious orders , and ...
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... existence , like Venus from the waste of waters , in all its power and proportion . It had not been nurtured with * In allusion to the character , Shakspeare makes the Duke of Gloucester say : Thus , like the formal vice , Iniquity , I ...
... existence , like Venus from the waste of waters , in all its power and proportion . It had not been nurtured with * In allusion to the character , Shakspeare makes the Duke of Gloucester say : Thus , like the formal vice , Iniquity , I ...
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... existence it had the strength of centuries . It poured into its rich treasury the highest genius and the profoundest thought , it embodied the boldest imagination with the most accurate observation . It held in its huge embrace whatever ...
... existence it had the strength of centuries . It poured into its rich treasury the highest genius and the profoundest thought , it embodied the boldest imagination with the most accurate observation . It held in its huge embrace whatever ...
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... existence , with new features and new forms . Scenes aerialized with the most delicate tints stretched far and wide ; all was sunny and spiritual . Enchantment yielded her wonders and her glowing superstitions , Imagination breathed ...
... existence , with new features and new forms . Scenes aerialized with the most delicate tints stretched far and wide ; all was sunny and spiritual . Enchantment yielded her wonders and her glowing superstitions , Imagination breathed ...
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... existence of the mental faculties , instead of forming a character . His works are full of thought and reflection ; but his thoughts are not always perspicuous , and his reflections are too abstracted . Here and there his muse in her ...
... existence of the mental faculties , instead of forming a character . His works are full of thought and reflection ; but his thoughts are not always perspicuous , and his reflections are too abstracted . Here and there his muse in her ...
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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