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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... learned his Paternoster and Ave. Mary , wants to learn his creed . He asks several religious men of the several orders to teach it him : first , a friar Mi- nor , who bids him beware of the Carmelites , and assures him they can teach ...
... learned his Paternoster and Ave. Mary , wants to learn his creed . He asks several religious men of the several orders to teach it him : first , a friar Mi- nor , who bids him beware of the Carmelites , and assures him they can teach ...
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... learned doctor may yet be found in many villages and small towns ; the pardoner and friar have disguised their mirth under a thicker cloak , -the name and the costume are changed , but the character remains fixed , or near- ly so . The ...
... learned doctor may yet be found in many villages and small towns ; the pardoner and friar have disguised their mirth under a thicker cloak , -the name and the costume are changed , but the character remains fixed , or near- ly so . The ...
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... learned and an accomplished man , -whom his great contemporary compliments as the moral Gower . Succeeding eulogists adopt the more equi- vocal epithet of ancient , to which his title is indis- putable . Poets have from very early ...
... learned and an accomplished man , -whom his great contemporary compliments as the moral Gower . Succeeding eulogists adopt the more equi- vocal epithet of ancient , to which his title is indis- putable . Poets have from very early ...
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... learned to be a king . " James returned to his native kingdom not only the most accom- plished prince , but the wisest sovereign in Europe ; and in his short reign of twelve years did more to improve the condition of his subjects than ...
... learned to be a king . " James returned to his native kingdom not only the most accom- plished prince , but the wisest sovereign in Europe ; and in his short reign of twelve years did more to improve the condition of his subjects than ...
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... learned by the following single stanza than from many pages of his works . It is a Farewell to the Royal Castle and Palace of Stirling , in which he and his young sovereign had spent many happy days : — Adew , fair Snawdoune , with thy ...
... learned by the following single stanza than from many pages of his works . It is a Farewell to the Royal Castle and Palace of Stirling , in which he and his young sovereign had spent many happy days : — Adew , fair Snawdoune , with thy ...
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