Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions of English Authors, from Earliest to the Present Time : Connected by a Critical and Biographical HistoryRobert Chambers Gould, Kendall and Lincoln, 1850 - English literature |
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... poet named HOLLAND , of 2 Reached . & Rigour . 4 Without rigour . 1 Left . Ellis . whom nothing else is known , may be classed with the Prick of Conscience and Pierce Plowman's Vision , English compositions of the immediately preceding ...
... poet named HOLLAND , of 2 Reached . & Rigour . 4 Without rigour . 1 Left . Ellis . whom nothing else is known , may be classed with the Prick of Conscience and Pierce Plowman's Vision , English compositions of the immediately preceding ...
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... poet of the monastery , but of the world in general . If a dis- guising was intended by the company of goldsmiths , a mask before his majesty at Eltham , a Maygame for the sheriffs and aldermen of London , a mumming before the Lord ...
... poet of the monastery , but of the world in general . If a dis- guising was intended by the company of goldsmiths , a mask before his majesty at Eltham , a Maygame for the sheriffs and aldermen of London , a mumming before the Lord ...
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... poets , who , in the words of Mr Warton , displayed a degree of sentiment and spirit , a command of phra- seology , and a fertility of imagination , not to be found in any English poet since Chaucer and Lyd- gate . ' Perhaps the ...
... poets , who , in the words of Mr Warton , displayed a degree of sentiment and spirit , a command of phra- seology , and a fertility of imagination , not to be found in any English poet since Chaucer and Lyd- gate . ' Perhaps the ...
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... poet , ' says Sir Waltersion of the seven deadly sins in the infernal regions , here enumerated , the Dance . It describes a proces- Scott , unrivalled by any that Scotland has ever and for strength and vividness of painting , would ...
... poet , ' says Sir Waltersion of the seven deadly sins in the infernal regions , here enumerated , the Dance . It describes a proces- Scott , unrivalled by any that Scotland has ever and for strength and vividness of painting , would ...
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... poet . He wants the vigorous sense , and also the graphic force , of Dunbar ; while the latter is always close and nervous , Douglas is soft and ver- bose . The genius of Dunbar is so powerful , that manner sinks beneath it ; that of ...
... poet . He wants the vigorous sense , and also the graphic force , of Dunbar ; while the latter is always close and nervous , Douglas is soft and ver- bose . The genius of Dunbar is so powerful , that manner sinks beneath it ; that of ...
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