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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... Tilts and tournaments were exhibited at several courts . In Italy , Boccaccio and Petrarch composed their immortal works ; and Froissart , the romantic historian of gallantry and chivalry , travelled from one brilliant 6 HISTORY OF EARLY.
... Tilts and tournaments were exhibited at several courts . In Italy , Boccaccio and Petrarch composed their immortal works ; and Froissart , the romantic historian of gallantry and chivalry , travelled from one brilliant 6 HISTORY OF EARLY.
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... Italy , the predominance of chivalry and gallantry over all Europe , the magnificence of princes , the increase of commerce , and the general progress of the liberal and useful arts which ame- liorate society , is to gaze on the ...
... Italy , the predominance of chivalry and gallantry over all Europe , the magnificence of princes , the increase of commerce , and the general progress of the liberal and useful arts which ame- liorate society , is to gaze on the ...
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... Italy : for , like Shak- speare , he often gleaned the outline of his poems from some furtive and obscure source , which he af- terwards moulded into his own impress , and en- riched and adorned with the affluence of his genius ...
... Italy : for , like Shak- speare , he often gleaned the outline of his poems from some furtive and obscure source , which he af- terwards moulded into his own impress , and en- riched and adorned with the affluence of his genius ...
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... of his genius , and carried his opportunities of observation to the widest extent , have already been noticed . To the contemporary poets of Italy , he was more indebt- ed than to classic models ; and though it is ENGLISH POETRY . 27.
... of his genius , and carried his opportunities of observation to the widest extent , have already been noticed . To the contemporary poets of Italy , he was more indebt- ed than to classic models ; and though it is ENGLISH POETRY . 27.
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... Italy . Lydgate was the first author or versifier of all- work on record in our annals ; and as he always attempted bravely , and with full confidence in his own powers , he sometimes succeeded . " If , says ( a ) Gaiety , or way . 66 ...
... Italy . Lydgate was the first author or versifier of all- work on record in our annals ; and as he always attempted bravely , and with full confidence in his own powers , he sometimes succeeded . " If , says ( a ) Gaiety , or way . 66 ...
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