Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions of English Authors from the Earliest to the Present Time, Connected by a Critical and Biographical History, Elegantly Illustrated, Volume 1Robert Chambers World Publishing House, 1875 |
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Pagina 34
... racter against certain imputations which had been cast upon it . Two of the Canterbury Tales are in prose ; and from the first , entitled the Tale of Meli- beus , is extracted the following passage , not less re- markable for the great ...
... racter against certain imputations which had been cast upon it . Two of the Canterbury Tales are in prose ; and from the first , entitled the Tale of Meli- beus , is extracted the following passage , not less re- markable for the great ...
Pagina 38
... racter . One of his fables is the common story of the Town Mouse and Country Mouse , which he treat with much humour and characteristic description , and concludes with a beautifully expressed moral . [ Dinner given by the Town Mouse to ...
... racter . One of his fables is the common story of the Town Mouse and Country Mouse , which he treat with much humour and characteristic description , and concludes with a beautifully expressed moral . [ Dinner given by the Town Mouse to ...
Pagina 89
... racter of his poetry is its most essential and per- manent feature . We may tire of his allegory and ' dark conceit , ' but the general impression remains ; we never think of the Faery Queen without recalling its wondrous scenes of ...
... racter of his poetry is its most essential and per- manent feature . We may tire of his allegory and ' dark conceit , ' but the general impression remains ; we never think of the Faery Queen without recalling its wondrous scenes of ...
Pagina 154
... racter ; and so widely was the polemical spirit diffused , that ALEXANDER SCOT , in his New Year Gift to the Queen , in 1562 , says-- That limmer lads and little lasses , lo , Will argue baith with bishop , priest , and friar . Scot ...
... racter ; and so widely was the polemical spirit diffused , that ALEXANDER SCOT , in his New Year Gift to the Queen , in 1562 , says-- That limmer lads and little lasses , lo , Will argue baith with bishop , priest , and friar . Scot ...
Pagina 179
... racter and passion completed in ' Richard III . ' We know no other dramatist of that early period , ex- cepting Marlow , who could have written those powerful sketches . From the old plays , Shakspeare borrowed no less than 1771 entire ...
... racter and passion completed in ' Richard III . ' We know no other dramatist of that early period , ex- cepting Marlow , who could have written those powerful sketches . From the old plays , Shakspeare borrowed no less than 1771 entire ...
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