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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tended the Danes in their subsequent invasion of England , might have
renovated the national poetry , the long distractions of the country which followed
, and the change of the language from what is called the British , or original
Saxon , to the ...
tended the Danes in their subsequent invasion of England , might have
renovated the national poetry , the long distractions of the country which followed
, and the change of the language from what is called the British , or original
Saxon , to the ...
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Though the Norman minstrels attached to the court of the Conqueror and his
successors enriched the literature of the period with some original productions ,
and many romances and lays from the minstrelsy of Provence , England could
boast ...
Though the Norman minstrels attached to the court of the Conqueror and his
successors enriched the literature of the period with some original productions ,
and many romances and lays from the minstrelsy of Provence , England could
boast ...
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Troilus and Creseide , which Chaucer calls a Litel Tragedy , is said to have been
the favourite poem of Sir Philip Sydney ; and “ was probably , ” says Mr Campbell
, “ next to the Canterbury Tales , the most popular poem in England till the reign ...
Troilus and Creseide , which Chaucer calls a Litel Tragedy , is said to have been
the favourite poem of Sir Philip Sydney ; and “ was probably , ” says Mr Campbell
, “ next to the Canterbury Tales , the most popular poem in England till the reign ...
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To English poetry , the name Englishman , and the modern language of England
, we may thus assign nearly the same date . The native English poetry , if it
deserve the name , before the age of Chaucer , is comprehended by versified ...
To English poetry , the name Englishman , and the modern language of England
, we may thus assign nearly the same date . The native English poetry , if it
deserve the name , before the age of Chaucer , is comprehended by versified ...
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have Robert of Gloucester , a monk who wrote a dull rhyming chronicle of the
fabulous and real annals of England , curious , and even valuable to the
antiquarian , but intolerably tedious to every less patient reader . This was about
the year ...
have Robert of Gloucester , a monk who wrote a dull rhyming chronicle of the
fabulous and real annals of England , curious , and even valuable to the
antiquarian , but intolerably tedious to every less patient reader . This was about
the year ...
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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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