Lectures on English Poetry: To the Time of MiltonWhittaker, 1837 - 118 pagina's |
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Pagina 4
... give a proper tone and color to the picture of the period , and finish that bold sketch of which history is the grand outline . There are perhaps few branches of literature more calculated to supply part of this information than poetry ...
... give a proper tone and color to the picture of the period , and finish that bold sketch of which history is the grand outline . There are perhaps few branches of literature more calculated to supply part of this information than poetry ...
Pagina 14
... give his pictures the appearance of reality . At tournament or hostelrie , in romance or humor , in the every day world , or in scenes of his own creating , he is at home , earnest and unconstrained ; and he describes the strong ...
... give his pictures the appearance of reality . At tournament or hostelrie , in romance or humor , in the every day world , or in scenes of his own creating , he is at home , earnest and unconstrained ; and he describes the strong ...
Pagina 22
... gives a moral instead of an image , he is copious where he should be impassioned and concise , while , in his eagerness for illustration , he hurries off to legends that have little connection with his subject ; but his creations are ...
... gives a moral instead of an image , he is copious where he should be impassioned and concise , while , in his eagerness for illustration , he hurries off to legends that have little connection with his subject ; but his creations are ...
Pagina 25
... gives an air of affectation to the works of his friend , WYATT . Both were zealous imitators of the Italian writers , but Surrey had the better discrimi- nation and finer vein of poetry . He was the first English composer of sustained ...
... gives an air of affectation to the works of his friend , WYATT . Both were zealous imitators of the Italian writers , but Surrey had the better discrimi- nation and finer vein of poetry . He was the first English composer of sustained ...
Pagina 69
... give utterance to political discontent . The beauties as well as the defects of Cowley's poetry are sufficiently obvious . He speculates , he refines , he philosophizes ; he exults in ideas rather than in feelings , in the operations of ...
... give utterance to political discontent . The beauties as well as the defects of Cowley's poetry are sufficiently obvious . He speculates , he refines , he philosophizes ; he exults in ideas rather than in feelings , in the operations of ...
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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