Cyclopædia of English literature, Volumen1William and Robert Chambers, 1843 |
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... poets of the south were called in their dialect trobadores , or troubadours , and those of the north were distinguished ... poet . He only translated a serious history , written a few years before in Latin by a monk named GEOFFREY OF MON ...
... poets of the south were called in their dialect trobadores , or troubadours , and those of the north were distinguished ... 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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Página 169 - there is an upstart crow beautified with our feathers, that, with his tiger's heart wrapt in a player's hide, supposes he is as well able to bombast out a blank verse as the best of you ; and being an absolute Johannes Fac-totum, is, in his own conceit, the only
Página 306 - meeting soul may pierce, In notes, with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out, With wanton heed, and giddy cunning, The melting voice through mazes running; Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony ; That Orpheus' self may heave his head From golden slumbers on a bed Of heap'd
Página 188 - show likest God's, When mercy seasons justice. Therefore, Jew, Though justice be thy plea, consider this— That, in the course of justice, none of us Should see salvation : we do pray for mercy ; And that same prayer doth teach us all to render The deeds of mercy. Merchant
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