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 141
... imagination far richer and more gorgeous , his sensi- bility infinitely more delicate and more profound . And this great work of Chaucer's is nearly as remarkably distinguished by its peculiar character from the great works of other ...
... imagination far richer and more gorgeous , his sensi- bility infinitely more delicate and more profound . And this great work of Chaucer's is nearly as remarkably distinguished by its peculiar character from the great works of other ...
Pagina 383
... imagination and invention , he had little wit and no humour - no remarkable skill in any other kind of representation except merely that of the plain literal truth of things . Vivid and even creative as his imagination was , it was ...
... imagination and invention , he had little wit and no humour - no remarkable skill in any other kind of representation except merely that of the plain literal truth of things . Vivid and even creative as his imagination was , it was ...
Pagina 477
... imagination all compact . ' The fault of his poetry is the same that belongs to that of Spenser ; it is too purely or unalloyedly poetical . But rarely , on the other hand , has there existed an imagination in which so much originality ...
... imagination all compact . ' The fault of his poetry is the same that belongs to that of Spenser ; it is too purely or unalloyedly poetical . But rarely , on the other hand , has there existed an imagination in which so much originality ...
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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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