Essay on English PoetryJ. Murray, 1819 - 231 Seiten |
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... classical but accentual metre . - Take , for ex- ample , these verses : " Quando Christus Deus noster Natus est ex Virgine— ” which go precisely in the same cadence with such moderu trochaics as " Would you hear how once repining Great ...
... classical but accentual metre . - Take , for ex- ample , these verses : " Quando Christus Deus noster Natus est ex Virgine— ” which go precisely in the same cadence with such moderu trochaics as " Would you hear how once repining Great ...
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... classical story and of modern ro- mance were gravely connected by an ideal genealogy . Thus the dawn of human im- ' Geoffrey of Monmouth's history , of which the modern opinion seems to be , that it was not a forgery , but derived from ...
... classical story and of modern ro- mance were gravely connected by an ideal genealogy . Thus the dawn of human im- ' Geoffrey of Monmouth's history , of which the modern opinion seems to be , that it was not a forgery , but derived from ...
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... classical , and others derived from the scriptures . The migrations of science are difficult enough to be traced ; but Fic- the romancers , Popular songs about Arthur and Charle- magne , ( or , as some will have it , Charles Martel ) ...
... classical , and others derived from the scriptures . The migrations of science are difficult enough to be traced ; but Fic- the romancers , Popular songs about Arthur and Charle- magne , ( or , as some will have it , Charles Martel ) ...
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... worship of chivalrous life . Classical poetry has scarcely ever conveyed in shorter boundaries , so many interesting and compli cated events , as may be found in the good 5 * old romance of Le Bone Florence ' . Chau- cer ENGLISH POETRY .
... worship of chivalrous life . Classical poetry has scarcely ever conveyed in shorter boundaries , so many interesting and compli cated events , as may be found in the good 5 * old romance of Le Bone Florence ' . Chau- cer ENGLISH POETRY .
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... classical know- ledge ) which preceded our golden age of originality , we may be challenged by the question , how much the greatest of all our poets was indebted to learning . We are apt to compare such geniuses as Shakspeare to comets ...
... classical know- ledge ) which preceded our golden age of originality , we may be challenged by the question , how much the greatest of all our poets was indebted to learning . We are apt to compare such geniuses as Shakspeare to comets ...
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