Specimens of the Lyrical, Descriptive, and Narrative Poets of Great Britain, from Chaucer to the Present Day:: With a Preliminary Sketch of the History of Early English Poetry, and Biographical and Critical Notices,Oliver & Boyd, 1828 - 560 pages |
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... poetical literature out of its own choicest materials . ness , The occasional appearance of cheap reprints of valuable old works , and of selections like the pre- sent , is one of the most important features in mo- dern literature . It ...
... poetical literature out of its own choicest materials . ness , The occasional appearance of cheap reprints of valuable old works , and of selections like the pre- sent , is one of the most important features in mo- dern literature . It ...
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... poetical feelings to a higher standard - even to the highest of all , that formed by the Fathers of English poetry rather than to gratify their immature tastes either with shewy trash , or works of ephe- meral fame but questionable ...
... poetical feelings to a higher standard - even to the highest of all , that formed by the Fathers of English poetry rather than to gratify their immature tastes either with shewy trash , or works of ephe- meral fame but questionable ...
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... poetical period of the English annals , the reign of Elizabeth . Even on the true fountain - head of our national poetry , antiquaries , in a question which is interest- ing to themselves alone , are widely divided . Some would trace it ...
... poetical period of the English annals , the reign of Elizabeth . Even on the true fountain - head of our national poetry , antiquaries , in a question which is interest- ing to themselves alone , are widely divided . Some would trace it ...
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... machine . The stories related by the characters in the Can- terbury Tales comprehend poetical merit of all kinds : —the humorous , the comic , the gaily - satiric , the moral , the pathetic , the romantic , the 32 HISTORY OF EARLY.
... machine . The stories related by the characters in the Can- terbury Tales comprehend poetical merit of all kinds : —the humorous , the comic , the gaily - satiric , the moral , the pathetic , the romantic , the 32 HISTORY OF EARLY.
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... poetical creed approaches much nearer to Chaucer's than did that of either Dryden or Pope , more confidence might be placed in his version , both in the simplicity of the letter and in the integrity and fine humanity of the spirit . But ...
... poetical creed approaches much nearer to Chaucer's than did that of either Dryden or Pope , more confidence might be placed in his version , both in the simplicity of the letter and in the integrity and fine humanity of the spirit . But ...
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