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Page iv
Such books very generally fall into the hands of the young , with whom poetry is a
passion , but whose tastes are still either false or unripe . Instead of pampering
the insatiable appetite for novelty , and preferring fleeting fashion to permanent ...
Such books very generally fall into the hands of the young , with whom poetry is a
passion , but whose tastes are still either false or unripe . Instead of pampering
the insatiable appetite for novelty , and preferring fleeting fashion to permanent ...
Page vi
Among the poets thus passed over are Milton , Cowper , Young , Blair , Grahame
, Byron , & c . And other lives have been given here , which did not fall so directly
within the scope of the preceding work , as those of Surrey , Shakspeare ...
Among the poets thus passed over are Milton , Cowper , Young , Blair , Grahame
, Byron , & c . And other lives have been given here , which did not fall so directly
within the scope of the preceding work , as those of Surrey , Shakspeare ...
Page x
261 Wilmot EARL OF ROCHESTER . . . . 262 Upon Nothing . . . . . . . . John
Dryden . . . . . . . . Cymon and Iphigenia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ib . Translation from
Horace . . . . . 267 SIR CHARLES SEDLEY . . . . . . . . . 269 To a Devout Young
Lady .
261 Wilmot EARL OF ROCHESTER . . . . 262 Upon Nothing . . . . . . . . John
Dryden . . . . . . . . Cymon and Iphigenia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ib . Translation from
Horace . . . . . 267 SIR CHARLES SEDLEY . . . . . . . . . 269 To a Devout Young
Lady .
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Such , at the birth of Chaucer , were the best of the contemporary models which
existed either for the imitation or emulative ambition of the young poet . The art of
versification was in the rudest state ; the alliterative monotonous clink of the ...
Such , at the birth of Chaucer , were the best of the contemporary models which
existed either for the imitation or emulative ambition of the young poet . The art of
versification was in the rudest state ; the alliterative monotonous clink of the ...
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... in the Morning - Walk , in the COMPLAINT OF THE BLACK KNIGHT , and in the
more luxuriant description of the Young Beauty in the FLOWER AND LEAF ,
sitting in her secluded arbour in the springy freshness of the early summer
morning .
... in the Morning - Walk , in the COMPLAINT OF THE BLACK KNIGHT , and in the
more luxuriant description of the Young Beauty in the FLOWER AND LEAF ,
sitting in her secluded arbour in the springy freshness of the early summer
morning .
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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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