A Manual of English Literature: And of the History of the English Language, from the Norman Conquest. With Numerous SpecimensGriffin, 1867 - 536 pagina's |
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Pagina 132
... genius has exercised itself in all styles of poetry , and won imperishable laurels in all . ” * It has been commonly believed that one of the chief sources from which Chaucer drew both the form and the spirit of his poetry was the ...
... genius has exercised itself in all styles of poetry , and won imperishable laurels in all . ” * It has been commonly believed that one of the chief sources from which Chaucer drew both the form and the spirit of his poetry was the ...
Pagina 260
... genius wrought upon our national drama is placed in the clearest light by comparing his earliest plays with the best which the language possessed before his time . He has made all his predecessors obsolete . While his Merchant of Venice ...
... genius wrought upon our national drama is placed in the clearest light by comparing his earliest plays with the best which the language possessed before his time . He has made all his predecessors obsolete . While his Merchant of Venice ...
Pagina 457
... genius in these islands . Of the three last great sunbursts of our literature , the first , making what has been called the Elizabethan age of our dramatic and other poetry , threw its splendour over the last quarter of the sixteenth ...
... genius in these islands . Of the three last great sunbursts of our literature , the first , making what has been called the Elizabethan age of our dramatic and other poetry , threw its splendour over the last quarter of the sixteenth ...
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The Languages of Modern Europe | 1 |
The Celtic Languages and Literatures | 7 |
Original English commonly called Saxon or AngloSaxon | 15 |
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