Specimens of the Lyrical, Descriptive, and Narrative Poets of Great Britain, from Chaucer to the Present Day:: With a Preliminary Sketch of the History of Early English Poetry, and Biographical and Critical Notices, |
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... the Saxon tongue was banished . The name of Englishman became a mark of opprobrium ; every office in the state and in the church was filled by Normans ; the laws were administered in French ; the Saxons forgot ENGLISH POETRY . 5.
... the Saxon tongue was banished . The name of Englishman became a mark of opprobrium ; every office in the state and in the church was filled by Normans ; the laws were administered in French ; the Saxons forgot ENGLISH POETRY . 5.
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... became intimately blended in that dialect of strangely - mixed origin , which has ga- thered beauty and strength in repeated crosses of the original Saxon breed , till three centuries after- wards it became nearly the pure classic ...
... became intimately blended in that dialect of strangely - mixed origin , which has ga- thered beauty and strength in repeated crosses of the original Saxon breed , till three centuries after- wards it became nearly the pure classic ...
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... became a man of business and a courtier . He was employed in important fo- reign embassies , and enjoyed a more liberal inter- course with society than any English poet had hi- therto done . He was also the friend of Petrarch , and ...
... became a man of business and a courtier . He was employed in important fo- reign embassies , and enjoyed a more liberal inter- course with society than any English poet had hi- therto done . He was also the friend of Petrarch , and ...
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... became the common dialect of all ranks both in writing and discourse . To English poetry , the name Eng- lishman , and the modern language of England , we may thus assign nearly the same date . The native English poetry , if it deserve ...
... became the common dialect of all ranks both in writing and discourse . To English poetry , the name Eng- lishman , and the modern language of England , we may thus assign nearly the same date . The native English poetry , if it deserve ...
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... became generally known in England . The power of these compositions is nearly altogether descriptive . They show no ca- pacity of moral discrimination , and few touches of pathos . One chief is distinguished from another by the colour ...
... became generally known in England . The power of these compositions is nearly altogether descriptive . They show no ca- pacity of moral discrimination , and few touches of pathos . One chief is distinguished from another by the colour ...
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