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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With a Preliminary Sketch of the History of Early English Poetry, and Biographical
and Critical Notices, John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) 419 423 OOOOO 426 Page
JOAN KEATS . . . . . . . . Extract from Hyperion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420 LORD ...
With a Preliminary Sketch of the History of Early English Poetry, and Biographical
and Critical Notices, John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) 419 423 OOOOO 426 Page
JOAN KEATS . . . . . . . . Extract from Hyperion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420 LORD ...
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... and cultivated liberal as well as warlike arts , they jealously depressed every
indication of national spirit , every thing which could make the Saxons remember
they had ever been a people , or other than the bondsmen of their Norman lords .
... and cultivated liberal as well as warlike arts , they jealously depressed every
indication of national spirit , every thing which could make the Saxons remember
they had ever been a people , or other than the bondsmen of their Norman lords .
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Of this institution of the Saxon social pledge De Brunne says , Of that wassaille
men told grete tale , And wassaille when they were at ale ; ( a ) Very becoming . (
b ) Lord . And drinkhaille to them that drank ; Thus was wassaille 16 HISTORY OF
...
Of this institution of the Saxon social pledge De Brunne says , Of that wassaille
men told grete tale , And wassaille when they were at ale ; ( a ) Very becoming . (
b ) Lord . And drinkhaille to them that drank ; Thus was wassaille 16 HISTORY OF
...
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At mortal batailles hadde he ben fiftene , And foughten for our faith at Tramissène
In listės thries , and ay slain his fo . This ilkè worthy knight hadde ben also
Somtime with the Lord of Palatie , Agen another hethen in Turkie : And evermore
...
At mortal batailles hadde he ben fiftene , And foughten for our faith at Tramissène
In listės thries , and ay slain his fo . This ilkè worthy knight hadde ben also
Somtime with the Lord of Palatie , Agen another hethen in Turkie : And evermore
...
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... as doth the chapell belle , Ther as this lord was keeper of the celle . The reule
of Seint Maure and of Seint Beneit , Because that it was olde and somdele streit ,
This ilkè monk lette oldè thingés pace , And held after the newè worlde the trace
...
... as doth the chapell belle , Ther as this lord was keeper of the celle . The reule
of Seint Maure and of Seint Beneit , Because that it was olde and somdele streit ,
This ilkè monk lette oldè thingés pace , And held after the newè worlde the trace
...
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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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