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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Na he , that aye has lived free May not know well the properte , The anger , na
the wretched doom That is coupled to foul thraldom , But , if he had essayed it ,
Then all perquer ( c ) he should it wit , And should think freedom more to prize
Than ...
Na he , that aye has lived free May not know well the properte , The anger , na
the wretched doom That is coupled to foul thraldom , But , if he had essayed it ,
Then all perquer ( c ) he should it wit , And should think freedom more to prize
Than ...
Page 31
But though great in every walk , in the painting of living manners he has no
preceding nor contemporary , and scarcely any succeeding rival . His genius has
the accuracy of instinct in penetrating the hidden recesses of character . His Wife
of ...
But though great in every walk , in the painting of living manners he has no
preceding nor contemporary , and scarcely any succeeding rival . His genius has
the accuracy of instinct in penetrating the hidden recesses of character . His Wife
of ...
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( g ) The deis ; a part of the hall that was floored and set apart for a place of
respect . - - Tyrwhitt . ( h ) Fit . ( i ) Else . ( k ) Royally . ( 1 ) Borne . ( m ) For the
purpose . ( n ) Lived . ( 0 ) Hack - horse . ( p ) Place of the Sun . ( 9 ) Moon . ( r )
Pilotship .
( g ) The deis ; a part of the hall that was floored and set apart for a place of
respect . - - Tyrwhitt . ( h ) Fit . ( i ) Else . ( k ) Royally . ( 1 ) Borne . ( m ) For the
purpose . ( n ) Lived . ( 0 ) Hack - horse . ( p ) Place of the Sun . ( 9 ) Moon . ( r )
Pilotship .
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With him ther was a Plowman , was his brother , That hadde ylaid of dong ( d ) ful
many a fother . ( e ) A trewe swinker , and a good was he , Living in pees , ( f )
and parfite charitee . God loved he beste with all his herte At alle timès , were it ...
With him ther was a Plowman , was his brother , That hadde ylaid of dong ( d ) ful
many a fother . ( e ) A trewe swinker , and a good was he , Living in pees , ( f )
and parfite charitee . God loved he beste with all his herte At alle timès , were it ...
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Without a spark of the fire of Chaucer , he writes with considerable amenity for the
rude period in which he lived . A part of his works were printed by Caxton in 1483
, and are thus among the earliest specimens of English typography . Gower ...
Without a spark of the fire of Chaucer , he writes with considerable amenity for the
rude period in which he lived . A part of his works were printed by Caxton in 1483
, and are thus among the earliest specimens of English typography . Gower ...
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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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