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, by J. J. |
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... ENGLISH POETRY , AND BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL NOTICES , BY JOHN JOHNSTONE , EDITOR OF SPECIMENS OF SACRED AND SERIOUS POETRY . EDINBURGH : OLIVER & BOYD , TWEEDDALE - COURT . 1828 . MVSEVID BRITAN NICVM Oliver & Boyd , Printers ...
... ENGLISH POETRY , AND BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL NOTICES , BY JOHN JOHNSTONE , EDITOR OF SPECIMENS OF SACRED AND SERIOUS POETRY . EDINBURGH : OLIVER & BOYD , TWEEDDALE - COURT . 1828 . MVSEVID BRITAN NICVM Oliver & Boyd , Printers ...
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... English poetry by a se- lection of specimens of its fairest productions ar- ranged in order ; and to form as it were an index to our poetical literature out of its own choicest materials . The occasional appearance of cheap reprints of ...
... English poetry by a se- lection of specimens of its fairest productions ar- ranged in order ; and to form as it were an index to our poetical literature out of its own choicest materials . The occasional appearance of cheap reprints of ...
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... English poetry rather than to gratify their immature tastes either with shewy trash , or works of ephe- meral fame but questionable merit . With a very few exceptions , no specimen has been admitted into this compilation that has not ...
... English poetry rather than to gratify their immature tastes either with shewy trash , or works of ephe- meral fame but questionable merit . With a very few exceptions , no specimen has been admitted into this compilation that has not ...
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... English literature - the old ballads - I have no more adverted than to dramatic poetry . The lat- ter lay quite beyond the scope of my design ; for the former a good time may yet come . To avoid occupying too much room , where space was ...
... English literature - the old ballads - I have no more adverted than to dramatic poetry . The lat- ter lay quite beyond the scope of my design ; for the former a good time may yet come . To avoid occupying too much room , where space was ...
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... .- NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE ........... 555 The Burial of Sir John Moore . - WOLFE ............... 557 To the Memory of a very Promising Child.- M'DIARMID ...... 559 PRELIMINARY SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF EARLY ENGLISH POETRY . CONTENTS . XV.
... .- NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE ........... 555 The Burial of Sir John Moore . - WOLFE ............... 557 To the Memory of a very Promising Child.- M'DIARMID ...... 559 PRELIMINARY SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF EARLY ENGLISH POETRY . CONTENTS . XV.
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