Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions of English Authors, from the Earliest to the Present Time, Volume 1Gould and Lincoln, 1856 |
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... verse , nor rhymed , but that the sole peculiarity which distin- guishes it from prose is what Mr Wright calls a very regular alliteration , so arranged , that in every couplet there should be two principal words in the line be- ginning ...
... verse , nor rhymed , but that the sole peculiarity which distin- guishes it from prose is what Mr Wright calls a very regular alliteration , so arranged , that in every couplet there should be two principal words in the line be- ginning ...
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... verse ; Thorold , who wrote the fine romance of Roland ; Samson de Nanteuil , who translated the proverbs of Solo- mon into French verse ; Geoffroi Gaimar , author of a chronicle of the Anglo - Saxon kings ; and David , a trouveere of ...
... verse ; Thorold , who wrote the fine romance of Roland ; Samson de Nanteuil , who translated the proverbs of Solo- mon into French verse ; Geoffroi Gaimar , author of a chronicle of the Anglo - Saxon kings ; and David , a trouveere of ...
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... verse of the period prior to the Conquest . Perhaps the best means of making clear the transition of the language into its present form , is to present a continuation of these specimens , extending between the time of the Conquest and ...
... verse of the period prior to the Conquest . Perhaps the best means of making clear the transition of the language into its present form , is to present a continuation of these specimens , extending between the time of the Conquest and ...
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... verse adopted in his chronicle is shorter than that of the Gloucester monk , making an approach to the octo- syllabic stanza of modern times . The following is one of the most spirited passages , in reduced spell- ing : - 1 Were drowned ...
... verse adopted in his chronicle is shorter than that of the Gloucester monk , making an approach to the octo- syllabic stanza of modern times . The following is one of the most spirited passages , in reduced spell- ing : - 1 Were drowned ...
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... verse ) had composed that inimitable century of tales , his Decameron , in which the charms of romance are clothed in all the pure and sparkling graces of com- position . These illustrious examples must have in- spired the English ...
... verse ) had composed that inimitable century of tales , his Decameron , in which the charms of romance are clothed in all the pure and sparkling graces of com- position . These illustrious examples must have in- spired the English ...
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