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Page iv
Such books very generally fall into the hands of the young , with whom poetry is a
passion , but whose tastes are still either false or unripe . Instead of pampering
the insatiable appetite for novelty , and preferring fleeting fashion to permanent ...
Such books very generally fall into the hands of the young , with whom poetry is a
passion , but whose tastes are still either false or unripe . Instead of pampering
the insatiable appetite for novelty , and preferring fleeting fashion to permanent ...
Page viii
149 The Shepherd to the Flowers . . . . . . . . ib . The Nymph ' s Reply to the
Passionate Shepherd . . . THOMAS LODGE . . . Rosalind ' s Madrigal . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ib . From the Romance called Euphues ' s Golden Le . gacy .
149 The Shepherd to the Flowers . . . . . . . . ib . The Nymph ' s Reply to the
Passionate Shepherd . . . THOMAS LODGE . . . Rosalind ' s Madrigal . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ib . From the Romance called Euphues ' s Golden Le . gacy .
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This passion was his inspiration ; and his poem of the King ' s Quair celebrates
his mistress , records his own story , and laments his captivity and prospects .
Love repaid this devotion ; and James obtained the 64 HISTORY OF EARLY.
This passion was his inspiration ; and his poem of the King ' s Quair celebrates
his mistress , records his own story , and laments his captivity and prospects .
Love repaid this devotion ; and James obtained the 64 HISTORY OF EARLY.
Page 98
Nor was his revengeful and brutal selfishness of that indolent and sordid kind
which , if not quite so detestable in the individual , is even more corrupting and
debasing in its influence . The frightful crimes and furious passions of Henry
shocked ...
Nor was his revengeful and brutal selfishness of that indolent and sordid kind
which , if not quite so detestable in the individual , is even more corrupting and
debasing in its influence . The frightful crimes and furious passions of Henry
shocked ...
Page 100
Personal hatred of Wolsey , not untinctured with envy of the domineering and
haughty prelate , and with the la . tent rancour of the man ' s nature , came to be
the governing passion of Skelton . His turbulence and scurrility , which 100 ...
Personal hatred of Wolsey , not untinctured with envy of the domineering and
haughty prelate , and with the la . tent rancour of the man ' s nature , came to be
the governing passion of Skelton . His turbulence and scurrility , which 100 ...
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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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