A Compendious History of English Literature and of the English Language, from the Norman Conquest: with Numerous Specimens, Volume 2Griffin, Bohn, 1861 - English language |
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... light and the heart of fire which it had acquired in the age of Elizabeth and James . Some of the greatest of it indeed - as the verse of Milton and the prose poetry of Jeremy Taylor - was not given to the world till towards the close ...
... light and the heart of fire which it had acquired in the age of Elizabeth and James . Some of the greatest of it indeed - as the verse of Milton and the prose poetry of Jeremy Taylor - was not given to the world till towards the close ...
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... light and amatory poetry is found in Herrick as well as in Donne , a good deal of whose singular manner , and fondness for conceits both of sound and sense , Herrick has also caught . Yet some both of his hymns and of his anacreontics ...
... light and amatory poetry is found in Herrick as well as in Donne , a good deal of whose singular manner , and fondness for conceits both of sound and sense , Herrick has also caught . Yet some both of his hymns and of his anacreontics ...
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... light ; But oh ! she dances such a way No sun upon an Easter day1 Is half so fine a sight . He would have kissed her once or twice , But she would not , she was so nice , She would not do ' t in sight ; And then she looked as who should ...
... light ; But oh ! she dances such a way No sun upon an Easter day1 Is half so fine a sight . He would have kissed her once or twice , But she would not , she was so nice , She would not do ' t in sight ; And then she looked as who should ...
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... light , And thence derived such martial heat That still your looks maintain the fight ; What are you , since the King's good night ? Cavalier buds , whom nature teems As a reserve for England's throne ; Spirits whose double edge redeems ...
... light , And thence derived such martial heat That still your looks maintain the fight ; What are you , since the King's good night ? Cavalier buds , whom nature teems As a reserve for England's throne ; Spirits whose double edge redeems ...
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... light . But then , ashamed to find myself still mute , And other little dandiprats dispute , That could distinguish upon Rationale , Yet scarcely heard of Verbum Personale ; Or could by heart , like parrots , in the schools Stand ...
... light . But then , ashamed to find myself still mute , And other little dandiprats dispute , That could distinguish upon Rationale , Yet scarcely heard of Verbum Personale ; Or could by heart , like parrots , in the schools Stand ...
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