Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions of English Authors, from the Earliest to the Present Time, Connected by a Critical and Biographical History ...Robert Chambers Gould, Kendall and Lincoln, 1871 - English literature |
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... POETS OF ENGLAND . The first literary productions which call for at- tention after the Conquest , are a class which may ... poet . He only translated a serious history , written a few years before in Latin by a monk named GEOFFREY OF MON ...
... POETS OF ENGLAND . The first literary productions which call for at- tention after the Conquest , are a class which may ... poet . He only translated a serious history , written a few years before in Latin by a monk named GEOFFREY OF MON ...
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... poet was honoured with the steady and effective patronage of John of Gaunt , whose marriage with Blanche , heiress of Lancaster , he commemorates in his poem of the Dream . Chaucer and time - honoured Gaunt ' became closely connected ...
... poet was honoured with the steady and effective patronage of John of Gaunt , whose marriage with Blanche , heiress of Lancaster , he commemorates in his poem of the Dream . Chaucer and time - honoured Gaunt ' became closely connected ...
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... poet has dwelt more fondly on the charms of a spring or summer morn- ing ; and the month of May seems to have been always a carnival in his heart and fancy . His re- tirement at Woodstock , where he had indulged the poetical reveries of ...
... poet has dwelt more fondly on the charms of a spring or summer morn- ing ; and the month of May seems to have been always a carnival in his heart and fancy . His re- tirement at Woodstock , where he had indulged the poetical reveries of ...
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... poet , wherever it suits his con- veniency , or his pleasure , makes accented syllables short , and short syllables emphatic . This has been not only a difficulty with ordinary readers , but a subject of perplexity amongst commentators ...
... poet , wherever it suits his con- veniency , or his pleasure , makes accented syllables short , and short syllables emphatic . This has been not only a difficulty with ordinary readers , but a subject of perplexity amongst commentators ...
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... poet . Gower . Mr Warton has happily selected a few passages from Gower , which convey a lively expression of natural feeling , and give a favourable impression of the author . Speaking of the gratification which his passion receives ...
... poet . Gower . Mr Warton has happily selected a few passages from Gower , which convey a lively expression of natural feeling , and give a favourable impression of the author . Speaking of the gratification which his passion receives ...
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afterwards Anglo-Saxon anon beauty Ben Jonson Cædmon Cæsar called Canterbury Tales Chaucer coude court dance death delight doth dread Earl England English eyes Faery Queen fair Fawdon fear flowers frae GEOFFREY CHAUCER Geoffrey of Monmouth give gold grace gude hand hast hath heard heart heaven Henry Henry VIII holy honour Jack Cade JOHN king lady language Latin Layamon learned live look Lord merry micht mind mony nature never night noble Petrarch play pleasure poem poet poetical poetry poor prose Queen quoth reign rich richt Robert Curthose saith Saracens Scotland Shakspeare sing song soul sould Discretion Spenser St Serf sweet tell thee ther thine thing thou thought tongue translation unto verse wald Wallace wanton wassail weel Wickliffe wind withouten words writers youth