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ed than to classic models ; and though it is as impossible to discover the
particular source to which a poet owes his first inspiration , as to tell to what
fertilizing shower or nourishing dew of a long favourable spring the tree has put
forth its buds ...
ed than to classic models ; and though it is as impossible to discover the
particular source to which a poet owes his first inspiration , as to tell to what
fertilizing shower or nourishing dew of a long favourable spring the tree has put
forth its buds ...
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All the Tales are allotted with equal propriety and happiness to the different
members of the group of Pilgrims ; but it is to be regretted that this extensive
design was never concluded . Only a limited number of the Pilgrims tell each a
story ...
All the Tales are allotted with equal propriety and happiness to the different
members of the group of Pilgrims ; but it is to be regretted that this extensive
design was never concluded . Only a limited number of the Pilgrims tell each a
story ...
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He was the beste beggèr in all his hous : ( a ) Have . ( 6 ) Poor . ( c ) Shriven . ( d )
Durst make a boast . ( e ) Stuffed . ( S ) . A stringed instrument . ( g ) Story telling .
( h ) Have . ( i ) Poor people . And gave a certaine fermè ( a ) for the ENGLISH ...
He was the beste beggèr in all his hous : ( a ) Have . ( 6 ) Poor . ( c ) Shriven . ( d )
Durst make a boast . ( e ) Stuffed . ( S ) . A stringed instrument . ( g ) Story telling .
( h ) Have . ( i ) Poor people . And gave a certaine fermè ( a ) for the ENGLISH ...
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Of Norfolk was this reve , of which I tell , Beside a toun , men clepen Baldeswell .
Tucked he was , as is a frere , aboute , And ever he rode the hinderest of the
route . A Sompnour was ther with us in that place , That had a fire - red
cherubinnės ...
Of Norfolk was this reve , of which I tell , Beside a toun , men clepen Baldeswell .
Tucked he was , as is a frere , aboute , And ever he rode the hinderest of the
route . A Sompnour was ther with us in that place , That had a fire - red
cherubinnės ...
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A high - born lover , who , in the disguise of a squire of low degree , has gained
the affections of the Nut - Brown Maid , a baron ' s daughter , wishes to put her
love and fidelity to the most extreme trial the female mind can sustain ; and telling
...
A high - born lover , who , in the disguise of a squire of low degree , has gained
the affections of the Nut - Brown Maid , a baron ' s daughter , wishes to put her
love and fidelity to the most extreme trial the female mind can sustain ; and telling
...
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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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