The Literature and the Literary Men of Great Britain and Ireland: In Two Volumes, Volum 1Harper, 1851 - 576 pàgines |
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... poems , as well as of the minor productions of his muse , the principal char- acteristics are sublimity and ... poets write , to please read- ers and critics : he sang from the pure love of poetry and song . His delight was to think of ...
... poems , as well as of the minor productions of his muse , the principal char- acteristics are sublimity and ... poets write , to please read- ers and critics : he sang from the pure love of poetry and song . His delight was to think of ...
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... repeat in verse . Cadmon went home with his task , and the next morn- ing he produced a poem which excelled in beauty , all that they were accus- tomed to hear . He afterward yielded to the earnest 22 [ LECT . I. CEDMON . CEDMON.
... repeat in verse . Cadmon went home with his task , and the next morn- ing he produced a poem which excelled in beauty , all that they were accus- tomed to hear . He afterward yielded to the earnest 22 [ LECT . I. CEDMON . CEDMON.
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... poem called Brutus of England . The principal hero of this poem was an imagi- nary son of Æneas of Troy , who was represented as having founded the state of Britain many centuries before the Christian era . This , however , was no ...
... poem called Brutus of England . The principal hero of this poem was an imagi- nary son of Æneas of Troy , who was represented as having founded the state of Britain many centuries before the Christian era . This , however , was no ...
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... poem of a moral and religious nature , entitled , The Precke of Conscience . From this long and generally tedious poem , we select the following agree- able passage , and present it in the original spelling . WHAT IS IN HEAVEN . Ther is ...
... poem of a moral and religious nature , entitled , The Precke of Conscience . From this long and generally tedious poem , we select the following agree- able passage , and present it in the original spelling . WHAT IS IN HEAVEN . Ther is ...
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... poem of the same period , ascribed to Robert Langlande , a secular priest , also shows very clearly and expressively the progress which was made about the middle of the fourteenth century , toward a literary style . This poem is , in ...
... poem of the same period , ascribed to Robert Langlande , a secular priest , also shows very clearly and expressively the progress which was made about the middle of the fourteenth century , toward a literary style . This poem is , in ...
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