Lectures on English Poetry: To the Time of MiltonWhittaker, 1837 - 118 páginas |
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... but living flesh and blood - our actual ancestors as they existed in those times , before the refinements of society had tempered their rough virtues , or subdued their natures . I will quote two characters : -that of the yeoman 16.
... but living flesh and blood - our actual ancestors as they existed in those times , before the refinements of society had tempered their rough virtues , or subdued their natures . I will quote two characters : -that of the yeoman 16.
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... virtues , her graces nor her deformities ; and as he observed them he stamped them down in their own tints , and crowded the canvass of his poetry with that variety of character , yet unity of design , which a great master is alone able ...
... virtues , her graces nor her deformities ; and as he observed them he stamped them down in their own tints , and crowded the canvass of his poetry with that variety of character , yet unity of design , which a great master is alone able ...
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... virtues of human nature . SPENSER possessed in an exalted degree a boundless and creative fancy . He held the golden keys of romance , and at his bidding visions crowded with life and beauty streamed upon the world . Nature teemed with ...
... virtues of human nature . SPENSER possessed in an exalted degree a boundless and creative fancy . He held the golden keys of romance , and at his bidding visions crowded with life and beauty streamed upon the world . Nature teemed with ...
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... virtues is exposed to the machinations of the vices most interested in its overthrow , and these vices are personified with an ingenuity at once marvellous and precise . The spirit of knight errantry runs through the whole poem . All is ...
... virtues is exposed to the machinations of the vices most interested in its overthrow , and these vices are personified with an ingenuity at once marvellous and precise . The spirit of knight errantry runs through the whole poem . All is ...
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... virtue of the other triumph over every fascination in which the genii of evil have striven to entangle them . The other most popular works of Spenser are the Shepherd's Calendar , the Ruins of Time , and several beautiful sonnets . His ...
... virtue of the other triumph over every fascination in which the genii of evil have striven to entangle them . The other most popular works of Spenser are the Shepherd's Calendar , the Ruins of Time , and several beautiful sonnets . His ...
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Æneid allusion amidst angels appear battle beautiful Ben Johnson bird bold breath bright Canterbury Tales celebrated characters Chaucer composed composition Comus conceit court dark deep delight dignity doth eloquence English English poetry eternal expression fair fancy feelings flowers fugitive verses gallantry genius Geoffrey Chaucer GILES FLETCHER gloomy glowing gold happy heart heaven heroes hire human images imagination Inner Temple inspiration John of Gaunt King language learning legends light literature lived lofty looked Lord mankind mighty Milton mind minstrels moral muse narration nature night Paradise Lost passions Petrarch poem poet poetical poetry popular proud quaint refined reign religious rendered rhymes rise romance rose rude Saint Brandon sang Satan Saxon sentiment Shakspeare shew songs sonnets soul Spenser spirit stream sublime sustained sweet Temple thee tree truth unto verse virtues wanting wife of Bath wild wings Wynkyn de Worde zeal