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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... little volume would have formed to such a youth as Robert Burns , in the days
when at home and afield , in labour and at rest , he pored over his Old Song -
book , — and we may come to estimate aright the value of compilations of this
kind .
... little volume would have formed to such a youth as Robert Burns , in the days
when at home and afield , in labour and at rest , he pored over his Old Song -
book , — and we may come to estimate aright the value of compilations of this
kind .
Page 5
Literature of all kinds was thus at a very low ebb in England , when , at the period
of the Nor . man invasion , in the early part of the eleventh century , that little seed
was received into her bosom , which has since grown into a great tree ...
Literature of all kinds was thus at a very low ebb in England , when , at the period
of the Nor . man invasion , in the early part of the eleventh century , that little seed
was received into her bosom , which has since grown into a great tree ...
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In its learning he was carefully instructed ; and though his genius was of the
hardy kind that predominates over every obstacle , many events favoured its
felicitous development . From an accomplished scholar , he became a man of
business ...
In its learning he was carefully instructed ; and though his genius was of the
hardy kind that predominates over every obstacle , many events favoured its
felicitous development . From an accomplished scholar , he became a man of
business ...
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_ When from scenes of this kind we fancy Chaucer proscribed , a fugitive , the
inhabitant of a prison , with increasing years and declining fortune , his
knowledge of life seems to include all that man can learn from human experi .
ence . — But to ...
_ When from scenes of this kind we fancy Chaucer proscribed , a fugitive , the
inhabitant of a prison , with increasing years and declining fortune , his
knowledge of life seems to include all that man can learn from human experi .
ence . — But to ...
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... and as almost the first Englishman who devoted his ta . lents to refine and
elevate the manners of his countrymen , afterwards composed a Metrical
Chronicle of England , in which romances of all kinds are pressed into the service
.
... and as almost the first Englishman who devoted his ta . lents to refine and
elevate the manners of his countrymen , afterwards composed a Metrical
Chronicle of England , in which romances of all kinds are pressed into the service
.
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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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