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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Page 5
... which has since grown into a great tree overshadowing the earth with its
boughs . . But for generations this fruitful seed lay dormant ; for , though the
Conqueror and the first princes of the Norman dynasty patronized literature , and
cultivated ...
... which has since grown into a great tree overshadowing the earth with its
boughs . . But for generations this fruitful seed lay dormant ; for , though the
Conqueror and the first princes of the Norman dynasty patronized literature , and
cultivated ...
Page 8
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 ...
Page 74
... charitable , and humble in thine estate , For worldly honour lastis but a cry , ( e )
For trouble in earth take no melancholy ; Be rich in patience , if thou in goods be
poor : Who lives merry , he lives mightily : Without gladness availis no treasure .
... charitable , and humble in thine estate , For worldly honour lastis but a cry , ( e )
For trouble in earth take no melancholy ; Be rich in patience , if thou in goods be
poor : Who lives merry , he lives mightily : Without gladness availis no treasure .
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... lights ” which , after travelling for centuries through the wide and boundless
dominions of air , revisit the earth for an instant , and again disappear ; unlike in
this , that the certain reappearance of genius can neither be calculated nor
foretold .
... lights ” which , after travelling for centuries through the wide and boundless
dominions of air , revisit the earth for an instant , and again disappear ; unlike in
this , that the certain reappearance of genius can neither be calculated nor
foretold .
Page 84
... and mock the storm , and , with the slightest root in earth , draw nourishment
from the air , the dews , and the sunshine . Genius is an essence far too subtle to
be subjected to known laws . It has thriven in dungeons , and refused to strike
root ...
... and mock the storm , and , with the slightest root in earth , draw nourishment
from the air , the dews , and the sunshine . Genius is an essence far too subtle to
be subjected to known laws . It has thriven in dungeons , and refused to strike
root ...
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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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