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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... side , which must delight the casual traveller with an unexpected flush of blooms and buds , even where the soil has not sufficient depth and vigour to put forth fruit after many days . Let us but imagine for a moment.
... side , which must delight the casual traveller with an unexpected flush of blooms and buds , even where the soil has not sufficient depth and vigour to put forth fruit after many days . Let us but imagine for a moment.
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... side of the hills driven by hurri- canes . He is a warrior , like the surge on the beach that covers the wild salmons . Her eye was piercing like that of the hawk ; her face shone like the pearly dew on Evyri . Llewelyn is a hero that ...
... side of the hills driven by hurri- canes . He is a warrior , like the surge on the beach that covers the wild salmons . Her eye was piercing like that of the hawk ; her face shone like the pearly dew on Evyri . Llewelyn is a hero that ...
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... side where wild deer made repair , Set watches out that wisely could them keep , To supper went , and timeously they sleep . Of meat and sleep they cease with suffisaunce . The night was mirk ; overdrave the darksome chance ; The merry ...
... side where wild deer made repair , Set watches out that wisely could them keep , To supper went , and timeously they sleep . Of meat and sleep they cease with suffisaunce . The night was mirk ; overdrave the darksome chance ; The merry ...
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... sides the ostensible one of devotion ; and that with pil- grims , as well as poets , the image of the Virgin and the statue of Venus were often identified . Sir David Lynd- is in the Canterbury Tales , " says Warton , ENGLISH POETRY . 29.
... sides the ostensible one of devotion ; and that with pil- grims , as well as poets , the image of the Virgin and the statue of Venus were often identified . Sir David Lynd- is in the Canterbury Tales , " says Warton , ENGLISH POETRY . 29.
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... side a swerd and a bokeler , ( b ) Nimble . ( e ) Playing the flute . ( a ) Curled . ( d ) Embroidered . time . ( g ) Carved . ( k ) Arrow . ( n ) Armour for the arm . ( c ) Horse skirmishing . ( f ) Night- ( i ) Tackle . ( h ) It ...
... side a swerd and a bokeler , ( b ) Nimble . ( e ) Playing the flute . ( a ) Curled . ( d ) Embroidered . time . ( g ) Carved . ( k ) Arrow . ( n ) Armour for the arm . ( c ) Horse skirmishing . ( f ) Night- ( i ) Tackle . ( h ) It ...
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