Lectures on English Poetry: To the Time of MiltonWhittaker, 1837 - 118 Seiten |
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... composed either in the Norman French , or the language of romance ; and as their performances were highly esteemed , so many of them have been The Norman minstrels divided the practice of their art into many branches , and distinguished ...
... composed either in the Norman French , or the language of romance ; and as their performances were highly esteemed , so many of them have been The Norman minstrels divided the practice of their art into many branches , and distinguished ...
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... composed a History of England and many other works in Latin , as was customary in the early ages when readers were few and learned , and authors looked for renown amongst the celebrated of other lands as well as their own . Alfred the ...
... composed a History of England and many other works in Latin , as was customary in the early ages when readers were few and learned , and authors looked for renown amongst the celebrated of other lands as well as their own . Alfred the ...
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... composed in French by William of Lorris and John of Meun the tale of Troilus and Cresseide several legends from classical history - the House of Fame imitated by Pope - and the fable of the Flower and the Leaf , by Dryden - together ...
... composed in French by William of Lorris and John of Meun the tale of Troilus and Cresseide several legends from classical history - the House of Fame imitated by Pope - and the fable of the Flower and the Leaf , by Dryden - together ...
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... composed largely in French and Latin , and in his later years wrote an English poem in eight books entitled Confessio Amantis , which is a dialogue between a lover and his confessor , who is a priest of Venus . The work is wanting in ...
... composed largely in French and Latin , and in his later years wrote an English poem in eight books entitled Confessio Amantis , which is a dialogue between a lover and his confessor , who is a priest of Venus . The work is wanting in ...
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... composed , in conjunction with Norton ( a fellow laborer of Sternhold and Hopkins ) a tragedy called Ferrex and Pollex , which is supposed to have been the first English tragedy . It is written in elevated blank verse , the dialogue is ...
... composed , in conjunction with Norton ( a fellow laborer of Sternhold and Hopkins ) a tragedy called Ferrex and Pollex , which is supposed to have been the first English tragedy . It is written in elevated blank verse , the dialogue 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