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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... their place is necessarily occupied by yet nobler names by those of Dunbar , James I. , Douglas , Barbour , and Lyndsay - names that ought to be better known among us . To that ancient poetry , which forms the grace and ADVERTISEMENT . V.
... their place is necessarily occupied by yet nobler names by those of Dunbar , James I. , Douglas , Barbour , and Lyndsay - names that ought to be better known among us . To that ancient poetry , which forms the grace and ADVERTISEMENT . V.
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... was eminently what the old romances call " a man of middle earth ; " and nature soon reclaimed his genius from the regions of pure fancy to a field better worthy of his energetic powers . Before the full vigour of his 8 HISTORY OF EARLY.
... was eminently what the old romances call " a man of middle earth ; " and nature soon reclaimed his genius from the regions of pure fancy to a field better worthy of his energetic powers . Before the full vigour of his 8 HISTORY OF EARLY.
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... better been at " hame , " is exactly the same with that of sage Dan Ro- bert . After the Reformation , a satirical poet says , - With us it was merry When we went to Bery , * And to our Lady of Grace ; To the blond of Hayles , Where no ...
... better been at " hame , " is exactly the same with that of sage Dan Ro- bert . After the Reformation , a satirical poet says , - With us it was merry When we went to Bery , * And to our Lady of Grace ; To the blond of Hayles , Where no ...
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... Better than a lazar or a beggère , For unto swiche a worthy man as he Accordeth nought , as by his faculté , To haven ( h ) with sike lazars acquaintance . It is not honest , it may not avance , As for to delen with no swiche pouraille ...
... Better than a lazar or a beggère , For unto swiche a worthy man as he Accordeth nought , as by his faculté , To haven ( h ) with sike lazars acquaintance . It is not honest , it may not avance , As for to delen with no swiche pouraille ...
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... better than his rent . And rage he coude as it hadde ben a whelp , In lovèdayes , ( c ) ther coude he mochel help . For ther was he nat like a cloisterere , With thredbare cope , as is a poure scolere , But he was like a maister or a ...
... better than his rent . And rage he coude as it hadde ben a whelp , In lovèdayes , ( c ) ther coude he mochel help . For ther was he nat like a cloisterere , With thredbare cope , as is a poure scolere , But he was like a maister or a ...
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