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 character of the bard or scald soon merged in that of the priest ; and
devotional invocations , versified legends , and histories of saints , displaced the
heroic ballads and battlehymns of their northern ancestors , though the ancient
Gothic ...
The character of the bard or scald soon merged in that of the priest ; and
devotional invocations , versified legends , and histories of saints , displaced the
heroic ballads and battlehymns of their northern ancestors , though the ancient
Gothic ...
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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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The metrical romance , which soon made so important a part of polite literature ,
had now been naturalized by the numerous translations of the Norman and
French minstrels ; and the GESTE OF KING Horn or HORNE CHILVE , said to be
the ...
The metrical romance , which soon made so important a part of polite literature ,
had now been naturalized by the numerous translations of the Norman and
French minstrels ; and the GESTE OF KING Horn or HORNE CHILVE , said to be
the ...
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... at Perth in the prime of his life , and before he had been able to carry into effect
the excellent plans which his enlightened judgment suggested , and which his
inflexible justice and energy of character would soon have accomplished . During
...
... at Perth in the prime of his life , and before he had been able to carry into effect
the excellent plans which his enlightened judgment suggested , and which his
inflexible justice and energy of character would soon have accomplished . During
...
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... impetuous grandeur . In following its track , we must soon indeed lose sight of
the bold , broad , rush . ing wave which swept forward on its swell the bark of
Shakspeare through all the quick - changing and luxuriant ENGLISH POETRY .
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... impetuous grandeur . In following its track , we must soon indeed lose sight of
the bold , broad , rush . ing wave which swept forward on its swell the bark of
Shakspeare through all the quick - changing and luxuriant ENGLISH POETRY .
101.
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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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