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Page 4
The enemies are scattered as leaves on the side of the hills driven by hurri .
canes . He is a warrior , like the surge on the beach that covers the wild salmons .
Her eye was piercing like that of the hawk ; her face shone like the pearly dew on
...
The enemies are scattered as leaves on the side of the hills driven by hurri .
canes . He is a warrior , like the surge on the beach that covers the wild salmons .
Her eye was piercing like that of the hawk ; her face shone like the pearly dew on
...
Page 21
It is thus the old archdeacon describes the return of Summer :This was in the
midst of May , When birdès sing on ilka spray , Melland their notes with seemly
soun , For softness of the sweet seasoun ; And leaves of the branches spreeds ,
And ...
It is thus the old archdeacon describes the return of Summer :This was in the
midst of May , When birdès sing on ilka spray , Melland their notes with seemly
soun , For softness of the sweet seasoun ; And leaves of the branches spreeds ,
And ...
Page 26
... they abuse the Dominicans , but promise him sal . vation without the creed for
money . He leaves them with indignation , and finds an honest poor ploughman
in the field , and tells him how he had been disappointed by the four orders .
... they abuse the Dominicans , but promise him sal . vation without the creed for
money . He leaves them with indignation , and finds an honest poor ploughman
in the field , and tells him how he had been disappointed by the four orders .
Page 64
Besides that skill in polite letters , of which his poetry leaves unquestionable
proof , he excelled in all martial and knightly exercises , in music , wrestling ,
archery ; but , above all , he , as Sir Da . vid Lyndsay afterwards counselled one
of his ...
Besides that skill in polite letters , of which his poetry leaves unquestionable
proof , he excelled in all martial and knightly exercises , in music , wrestling ,
archery ; but , above all , he , as Sir Da . vid Lyndsay afterwards counselled one
of his ...
Page 113
... such important consequences , made when the King affected to have scruples
of conscience about his divorce from Queen Catherine , was this exclamation , - “
Lord ! that a man cannot repent him of his sin without the Pope ' s leave !
... such important consequences , made when the King affected to have scruples
of conscience about his divorce from Queen Catherine , was this exclamation , - “
Lord ! that a man cannot repent him of his sin without the Pope ' s leave !
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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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