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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... place is necessarily occupied by yet nobler names — by those of Dunbar ,
James I . , Douglas , Barbour , and Lyndsay - names that ought to be better
known among us . To that ancient poetry , which forms the grace and
ADVERTISEMENT .
... place is necessarily occupied by yet nobler names — by those of Dunbar ,
James I . , Douglas , Barbour , and Lyndsay - names that ought to be better
known among us . To that ancient poetry , which forms the grace and
ADVERTISEMENT .
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To that ancient poetry , which forms the grace and glory of Scotland , and of the
early periods of English literature the old ballads _ I have no more adverted than
to dramatic poetry . The latter lay quite beyond the scope of my design ; for the ...
To that ancient poetry , which forms the grace and glory of Scotland , and of the
early periods of English literature the old ballads _ I have no more adverted than
to dramatic poetry . The latter lay quite beyond the scope of my design ; for the ...
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After the Reformation , a satirical poet says ,With us it was merry When we went
to Bery , * And to our Lady of Grace ; To the blond of Hayles , Where no good
cheer fayles , sors down to Shakspeare . His power of the direct. And other holy ...
After the Reformation , a satirical poet says ,With us it was merry When we went
to Bery , * And to our Lady of Grace ; To the blond of Hayles , Where no good
cheer fayles , sors down to Shakspeare . His power of the direct. And other holy ...
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And he hadde be somtime in chevachie , ( c ) In Flaundres , in Artois , and in
Picardie , And borne him wel , as of so litel space , In hope to stonden in his ladie
' s grace . Embrouded ( d ) was he , as it were a mede Alle ful of freshe flourès ...
And he hadde be somtime in chevachie , ( c ) In Flaundres , in Artois , and in
Picardie , And borne him wel , as of so litel space , In hope to stonden in his ladie
' s grace . Embrouded ( d ) was he , as it were a mede Alle ful of freshe flourès ...
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Now is not that of God a ful fayre grace , That swiche a lewed mannès wit shal
pace The wisdom of an hepe of lered men ? Of maisters had he mo than thriès
ten , ( a ) The prize . ( 6 ) A hard knot in a tree . ( c ) A running . ( d ) Top . ( e )
Nostrils ...
Now is not that of God a ful fayre grace , That swiche a lewed mannès wit shal
pace The wisdom of an hepe of lered men ? Of maisters had he mo than thriès
ten , ( a ) The prize . ( 6 ) A hard knot in a tree . ( c ) A running . ( d ) Top . ( e )
Nostrils ...
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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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