Lectures on English Poetry: To the Time of MiltonWhittaker, 1837 - 118 pagina's |
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Pagina 8
... better than tame imitators , pouring forth long poems , the incidents of which they collected from such historical legends as fell within their reach . The prevalence of the French language amongst the Norman nobility , and its ...
... better than tame imitators , pouring forth long poems , the incidents of which they collected from such historical legends as fell within their reach . The prevalence of the French language amongst the Norman nobility , and its ...
Pagina 9
... better acquaintance with ancient as well as with the modern literature of foreign countries , it has from time to time received additions from many sources , and attained a comprehensiveness and vigor , a power and a delicacy which it ...
... better acquaintance with ancient as well as with the modern literature of foreign countries , it has from time to time received additions from many sources , and attained a comprehensiveness and vigor , a power and a delicacy which it ...
Pagina 10
... better taste , and with more unity of purpose , we have seen their style successfully imitated and embellished by Sir Walter Scott and other poets of the present age . The reign of chivalry , fantastic as it may have been , forms a ...
... better taste , and with more unity of purpose , we have seen their style successfully imitated and embellished by Sir Walter Scott and other poets of the present age . The reign of chivalry , fantastic as it may have been , forms a ...
Pagina 14
... better opportunities for studying manners , and rendering his style and language pointed and refined . The fame of the Italian poets had filled Europe , the Provencial romances were still popular , the spirit of chivalry was at its ...
... better opportunities for studying manners , and rendering his style and language pointed and refined . The fame of the Italian poets had filled Europe , the Provencial romances were still popular , the spirit of chivalry was at its ...
Pagina 25
... 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 grandeur worthy of later times . His ...
... 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 grandeur worthy of later times . His ...
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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