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Passing over several obscure names , half - forgotten even by antiquaries , the
next English poet who continues the golden chain which links Chaucer to
modern times , was John Lydgate , who is supposed to have been born about
1375 .
Passing over several obscure names , half - forgotten even by antiquaries , the
next English poet who continues the golden chain which links Chaucer to
modern times , was John Lydgate , who is supposed to have been born about
1375 .
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The first of these , in point of precedence and cultivation , if not of genius , is
James I . , ( a ) Sphere . ( ) Affright ; remove . ( d ) Burnished with gold . ( c ) Float ;
drop . ( e ) Prologue . who was born in 1395 , - a few years ENGLISH POETRY .
The first of these , in point of precedence and cultivation , if not of genius , is
James I . , ( a ) Sphere . ( ) Affright ; remove . ( d ) Burnished with gold . ( c ) Float ;
drop . ( e ) Prologue . who was born in 1395 , - a few years ENGLISH POETRY .
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who was born in 1395 , - a few years before the death of Chaucer . His history
and adventures are well known . He was made prisoner at sea , when a boy of
ten years old , on his way to France to be educated at the court of Charles VI . ,
and ...
who was born in 1395 , - a few years before the death of Chaucer . His history
and adventures are well known . He was made prisoner at sea , when a boy of
ten years old , on his way to France to be educated at the court of Charles VI . ,
and ...
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The chief of the Scottish poets was WILLIAM DUNBAR , born at Salton , in
EastLothian , about the year 1465 . He became a novi . ciate of the Franciscan
order , and travelled into England and to France . The moral vigour and
occasional ...
The chief of the Scottish poets was WILLIAM DUNBAR , born at Salton , in
EastLothian , about the year 1465 . He became a novi . ciate of the Franciscan
order , and travelled into England and to France . The moral vigour and
occasional ...
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... their prolonged appearance could not fail to produce . GAWIN DOUGLAS ,
third son of the Earl of Angus , named BELL - THE - Cat , flourished about the
same time as Dunbar . He was born in 1475 , studied at St Andrews , and
travelled .
... their prolonged appearance could not fail to produce . GAWIN DOUGLAS ,
third son of the Earl of Angus , named BELL - THE - Cat , flourished about the
same time as Dunbar . He was born in 1475 , studied at St Andrews , and
travelled .
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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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