Lectures on English Poetry: To the Time of MiltonWhittaker, 1837 - 118 pagina's |
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... Italy that gave a tone to the conception of Geoffrey Chaucer , the father of the English muse , the earliest of our national poets , who wove our newly formed language into the measures of verse , and rejecting the extravagances of the ...
... Italy that gave a tone to the conception of Geoffrey Chaucer , the father of the English muse , the earliest of our national poets , who wove our newly formed language into the measures of verse , and rejecting the extravagances of the ...
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... Italy , sometimes in a public character . In Italy he was introduced to Petrarch , at the marriage of Violante , daughter of Galeazzo , Duke of Milan , with the Duke of Clarence ; and it is supposed that he was also personally ...
... Italy , sometimes in a public character . In Italy he was introduced to Petrarch , at the marriage of Violante , daughter of Galeazzo , Duke of Milan , with the Duke of Clarence ; and it is supposed that he was also personally ...
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... Italian poets had filled Europe , the Provencial romances were still popular , the spirit of chivalry was at its height , the English and Continental courts were remarkable for their splendor and gallantry , and there was everything ...
... Italian poets had filled Europe , the Provencial romances were still popular , the spirit of chivalry was at its height , the English and Continental courts were remarkable for their splendor and gallantry , and there was everything ...
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... Italian writers , but Surrey had the better discrimi- nation and finer vein of poetry . He was the first English composer of sustained blank verse , and this , in a translation of the Æneid of Virgil , he has employed with a force and ...
... Italian writers , but Surrey had the better discrimi- nation and finer vein of poetry . He was the first English composer of sustained blank verse , and this , in a translation of the Æneid of Virgil , he has employed with a force and ...
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... Italians had wrought to its highest polish . To his absent mistress he sings , From you have I been absent in the spring , When proud - pied April , dress'd in all his trim , Hath put a spirit of youth in every thing ; That heavy Saturn ...
... Italians had wrought to its highest polish . To his absent mistress he sings , From you have I been absent in the spring , When proud - pied April , dress'd in all his trim , Hath put a spirit of youth in every thing ; That heavy Saturn ...
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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