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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... AND BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL NOTICES , BY JOHN JOHNSTONE ,
EDITOR OF SPECIMENS OF SACRED AND SERIOUS POETRY . EDINBURGH :
OLIVER & BOYD , TWEEDDALE - COURT . 1828 . 48 . Entered in Stationers '
Hall ...
... AND BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL NOTICES , BY JOHN JOHNSTONE ,
EDITOR OF SPECIMENS OF SACRED AND SERIOUS POETRY . EDINBURGH :
OLIVER & BOYD , TWEEDDALE - COURT . 1828 . 48 . Entered in Stationers '
Hall ...
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The Norman language was not only that of the court and the camp , but of the
national seminaries , whence the Saxon tongue was banished . The name of
Englishman became a mark of opprobrium ; every office in the state and in the
church ...
The Norman language was not only that of the court and the camp , but of the
national seminaries , whence the Saxon tongue was banished . The name of
Englishman became a mark of opprobrium ; every office in the state and in the
church ...
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Though the Norman minstrels attached to the court of the Conqueror and his
successors enriched the literature of the period with some original productions ,
and many romances and lays from the minstrelsy of Provence , England could
boast ...
Though the Norman minstrels attached to the court of the Conqueror and his
successors enriched the literature of the period with some original productions ,
and many romances and lays from the minstrelsy of Provence , England could
boast ...
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historian of gallantry and chivalry , travelled from one brilliant court to another
blazoning the magnificent spectacles which he promoted and witnessed , or at
the castle of Gaston de Foix , the flower of modern chivalry , read romances and ...
historian of gallantry and chivalry , travelled from one brilliant court to another
blazoning the magnificent spectacles which he promoted and witnessed , or at
the castle of Gaston de Foix , the flower of modern chivalry , read romances and ...
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... about 1264 , is with more certainty ascertained to be of native growth , and is
remarkable for having , it is conjectured , occasioned the first penal statute
against libels . Before this period , a court - poet or laureate was become an
established ...
... about 1264 , is with more certainty ascertained to be of native growth , and is
remarkable for having , it is conjectured , occasioned the first penal statute
against libels . Before this period , a court - poet or laureate was become an
established ...
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| Title | 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, |
| Author | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) |
| Editor | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) |
| Contributor | Oliver and Boyd (Edinburgh, Scotland) |
| Publisher | Oliver & Boyd, 1828 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 24 Mar 2006 |
| Length | 560 pages |
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