Lectures on English Poetry: To the Time of MiltonWhittaker, 1837 - 118 էջ |
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... marvellous and exciting , gave rise to a flood of poetry in which the gallantry and extravagant heroism of the age appear in glowing colors . The dull and tedious rhyming chronicles that were before popular at once gave way to more 9.
... marvellous and exciting , gave rise to a flood of poetry in which the gallantry and extravagant heroism of the age appear in glowing colors . The dull and tedious rhyming chronicles that were before popular at once gave way to more 9.
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... The reign of chivalry , fantastic as it may have been , forms a history of itself ; and however wild the spirit which gave rise to the institution , its effects were con- siderable . It soon spread over Europe , and aroused 10.
... The reign of chivalry , fantastic as it may have been , forms a history of itself ; and however wild the spirit which gave rise to the institution , its effects were con- siderable . It soon spread over Europe , and aroused 10.
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... rise , I will pass to the consideration of our more immediate subject , without again recurring to the theatrical excellence of the period , which I hope will be borne in mind by my readers . After Lord Buckhurst followed CHURCHYARD ...
... rise , I will pass to the consideration of our more immediate subject , without again recurring to the theatrical excellence of the period , which I hope will be borne in mind by my readers . After Lord Buckhurst followed CHURCHYARD ...
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... rise , like temples , at which men of all climes and ages , the sinner and the saint , alike bow down and do homage . Sir Philip Sydney's most popular production is a romance entitled Arcadia ; but his poems , though infected with a ...
... rise , like temples , at which men of all climes and ages , the sinner and the saint , alike bow down and do homage . Sir Philip Sydney's most popular production is a romance entitled Arcadia ; but his poems , though infected with a ...
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... rise castle and palace , temple and bower , swimming in excess of light like a summer sea - shore ; while here and there the expanse is chequered by the purple and undefined shadow of a ruin , or the cold darkness of a cavern . It is ...
... rise castle and palace , temple and bower , swimming in excess of light like a summer sea - shore ; while here and there the expanse is chequered by the purple and undefined shadow of a ruin , or the cold darkness of a cavern . It is ...
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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