A Compendious History of English Literature, and of the English Language, from the Norman Conquest: With Numerous Specimens, Volume 2Charles Griffin & Company, 1871 - English language |
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... Poetical Writers of the latter part of the Eighteenth Century Burns . . 414 417 • Remaining Literature of the Eighteenth Century • • • 446 453 · THE NINETEENTH CENTURY THE LAST AGE OF THE GEORGES . Wordsworth ✓Coleridge Southey Scott ...
... Poetical Writers of the latter part of the Eighteenth Century Burns . . 414 417 • Remaining Literature of the Eighteenth Century • • • 446 453 · THE NINETEENTH CENTURY THE LAST AGE OF THE GEORGES . Wordsworth ✓Coleridge Southey Scott ...
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... poetical or untranslatable ) were all of them , it is worthy of observation , born before the close of the reign of James I. Nor would the stormy time that followed be without its nurture for such minds . A boyhood or youth passed in ...
... poetical or untranslatable ) were all of them , it is worthy of observation , born before the close of the reign of James I. Nor would the stormy time that followed be without its nurture for such minds . A boyhood or youth passed in ...
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... poetical : his better characters , espe- cially females , express pure thoughts in pure language ; he is never tumid or affected , and seldom obscure ; the incidents succeed rap- idly ; the personages are numerous , and there is a ...
... poetical : his better characters , espe- cially females , express pure thoughts in pure language ; he is never tumid or affected , and seldom obscure ; the incidents succeed rap- idly ; the personages are numerous , and there is a ...
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... , in 1656 , is to be looked upon as the first step towards the revival of dramatic per formances . " 8 Biog Dram . ii . 15 . GILES FLETCHER . PHINEAS FLETCHER . NOR is the poetical 16 ENGLISH LITERATURE AND LANGUAGE .
... , in 1656 , is to be looked upon as the first step towards the revival of dramatic per formances . " 8 Biog Dram . ii . 15 . GILES FLETCHER . PHINEAS FLETCHER . NOR is the poetical 16 ENGLISH LITERATURE AND LANGUAGE .
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... poetical produce other than dramatic of the quarter of a century that elapsed from the death of James to the establish- ment of the Commonwealth , of very considerable amount . Giles and Phineas Fletcher were brothers , cousins of the ...
... poetical produce other than dramatic of the quarter of a century that elapsed from the death of James to the establish- ment of the Commonwealth , of very considerable amount . Giles and Phineas Fletcher were brothers , cousins of the ...
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