Lectures on English Poetry: To the Time of MiltonWhittaker, 1837 - 118 pagina's |
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Pagina 4
... 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 . While we occasionally meet with subjects ...
... 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 . While we occasionally meet with subjects ...
Pagina 8
... period still extant consists chiefly of rhyming chronicles and scriptural paraphrases ; the minstrels had ceased to rely upon their own imagination , they had lost their sturdy superstition , and became little better than tame imitators ...
... period still extant consists chiefly of rhyming chronicles and scriptural paraphrases ; the minstrels had ceased to rely upon their own imagination , they had lost their sturdy superstition , and became little better than tame imitators ...
Pagina 12
... period ; Robert of Gloucester , the rhyming historian of Lear , Merlin , and Arthur ; Robert De Brunne , the Chronicler ; Lawrence Minot , famed for his battle songs ; and Langlande , the author of the Visions of Piers Plowman . Yet ...
... period ; Robert of Gloucester , the rhyming historian of Lear , Merlin , and Arthur ; Robert De Brunne , the Chronicler ; Lawrence Minot , famed for his battle songs ; and Langlande , the author of the Visions of Piers Plowman . Yet ...
Pagina 14
... nature . ' The Canterbury Tales were written at various periods of Chaucer's life , and were not completed until he Apt . Ithack makes no pantur Known in th his Higher hu 7 was somewhat advanced in years . He was indebted in 14.
... nature . ' The Canterbury Tales were written at various periods of Chaucer's life , and were not completed until he Apt . Ithack makes no pantur Known in th his Higher hu 7 was somewhat advanced in years . He was indebted in 14.
Pagina 23
... period . Soon afterwards the invention of printing multiplied the ancient manuscripts , and with them were sent to the world the legends * of monks and controversies of divines , until the spirit of metaphysical enquiry became general ...
... period . Soon afterwards the invention of printing multiplied the ancient manuscripts , and with them were sent to the world the legends * of monks and controversies of divines , until the spirit of metaphysical enquiry became general ...
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