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 little pieces given are rather records of their names than specimens of their
genius . I make no apology for the length of the extracts given from the very early
poets . It is a main object of the compilation to diffuse a more intimate knowledge
...
The little pieces given are rather records of their names than specimens of their
genius . I make no apology for the length of the extracts given from the very early
poets . It is a main object of the compilation to diffuse a more intimate knowledge
...
Page 1
His genius rose at once on his native land , like the morning - star after a long
night of obscurity ; and on his death the splendour of this illus . trious dawn
suffered an eclipse of nearly two centuries , when the Reformation ushered in the
most ...
His genius rose at once on his native land , like the morning - star after a long
night of obscurity ; and on his death the splendour of this illus . trious dawn
suffered an eclipse of nearly two centuries , when the Reformation ushered in the
most ...
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All that can be positively affirmed is , that the genius of our early poetry is
essentially romantic , blending the brilliant extravagancies and fantastic imagery
of oriental fiction with the wilder spells and incantations of the north ; and that it
may ...
All that can be positively affirmed is , that the genius of our early poetry is
essentially romantic , blending the brilliant extravagancies and fantastic imagery
of oriental fiction with the wilder spells and incantations of the north ; and that it
may ...
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In its learning he was carefully instructed ; and though his genius was of the
hardy kind that predominates over every obstacle , many events favoured its
felicitous development . From an accomplished scholar , he became a man of
business ...
In its learning he was carefully instructed ; and though his genius was of the
hardy kind that predominates over every obstacle , many events favoured its
felicitous development . From an accomplished scholar , he became a man of
business ...
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But Chaucer 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 HISTORY OF ...
But Chaucer 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 HISTORY OF ...
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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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