English Poetry (1170-1892)Ginn, 1907 - 580 pages |
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Page v
... seems absurd — and from the point of view of style and ideas it is absurd to find Giles Fletcher the Elder in the division called the Beginning of the Renaissance and William Warner in the Renaissance itself , as if the latter belonged ...
... seems absurd — and from the point of view of style and ideas it is absurd to find Giles Fletcher the Elder in the division called the Beginning of the Renaissance and William Warner in the Renaissance itself , as if the latter belonged ...
Page xvii
... seems not to have been altogether unprovoked , for it was written at the request of his brother Walter ; but there is no evidence that it met with any appreciation , as the single copy that has been preserved seems to be that written by ...
... seems not to have been altogether unprovoked , for it was written at the request of his brother Walter ; but there is no evidence that it met with any appreciation , as the single copy that has been preserved seems to be that written by ...
Page xviii
... seems to have been very widely read . The specimen given here exhibits its merits fairly and may serve to show us one of the most agreeable forms in which our ancestors received their knowledge of Bible history . The story here related ...
... seems to have been very widely read . The specimen given here exhibits its merits fairly and may serve to show us one of the most agreeable forms in which our ancestors received their knowledge of Bible history . The story here related ...
Page xx
... seems to give the experience of a father who has lost a beloved little daughter , his " Pearl , " and who , a few years later , falling asleep in his arbor , sees her in a vision , not as the helpless child he has lost , but as a ...
... seems to give the experience of a father who has lost a beloved little daughter , his " Pearl , " and who , a few years later , falling asleep in his arbor , sees her in a vision , not as the helpless child he has lost , but as a ...
Page xxi
... seems to have understood his versification or to have had the ability to adapt it to the language of their time . Chaucer's verse , as every- body now knows , is as smooth and musical as the best verse of any age , if the final vowels ...
... seems to have understood his versification or to have had the ability to adapt it to the language of their time . Chaucer's verse , as every- body now knows , is as smooth and musical as the best verse of any age , if the final vowels ...
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