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Page v
It is a main object of the compilation to diffuse a more intimate knowledge of their
names and of their writings . Into what raptures would thousands of fashionable
readers be thrown , could such lyrics as those here selected from Herrick , Carew
...
It is a main object of the compilation to diffuse a more intimate knowledge of their
names and of their writings . Into what raptures would thousands of fashionable
readers be thrown , could such lyrics as those here selected from Herrick , Carew
...
Page vi
... the preceding work , as those of Surrey , Shakspeare , Chatterton , Burns , & c .
& c . On the same principle , no specimens are given from those poets whose
principal writings , being sacred and serious , had already been noticed at length
.
... the preceding work , as those of Surrey , Shakspeare , Chatterton , Burns , & c .
& c . On the same principle , no specimens are given from those poets whose
principal writings , being sacred and serious , had already been noticed at length
.
Page 12
... superseding both the Norman and the Danish - Saxon , became the common
dialect of all ranks both in writing and discourse . To English poetry , the name
Englishman , and the modern language of England , we may thus assign nearly
the ...
... superseding both the Norman and the Danish - Saxon , became the common
dialect of all ranks both in writing and discourse . To English poetry , the name
Englishman , and the modern language of England , we may thus assign nearly
the ...
Page 43
In termès hadde he cas ( f ) and domès alle , That fro the time of king Will . weren
falle . Therto he coude endite , and make a thing , Ther coudè no wight pinche ( g
) at his writing . And every statute coude he plaine by rote . He rode but homely ...
In termès hadde he cas ( f ) and domès alle , That fro the time of king Will . weren
falle . Therto he coude endite , and make a thing , Ther coudè no wight pinche ( g
) at his writing . And every statute coude he plaine by rote . He rode but homely ...
Page 76
His descriptions are full to satiety - rich till they cloy ; his language has a kind of ill
- assorted splendour , which , however , is often pleasing ; his images and
epithets are occasionally original and happy ; and amidst his ornate writing he 76
...
His descriptions are full to satiety - rich till they cloy ; his language has a kind of ill
- assorted splendour , which , however , is often pleasing ; his images and
epithets are occasionally original and happy ; and amidst his ornate writing he 76
...
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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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