Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions of English Authors, from the Earliest to the Present Time, Connected by a Critical and Biographical History ...Robert Chambers Gould, Kendall and Lincoln, 1871 |
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... spirit : it was the age of chivalry and of the crusades , when men saw such deeds of heroism and self - devotion daily per- formed before their eyes , that nothing which could be imagined of the past was too extravagant to ap- pear ...
... spirit : it was the age of chivalry and of the crusades , when men saw such deeds of heroism and self - devotion daily per- formed before their eyes , that nothing which could be imagined of the past was too extravagant to ap- pear ...
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... spirit in mine heart Declare one point of all my sorrows ' smart To you my lady , that I love most , But I bequeath the service of my ghost To you aboven every creature , Since that my life ne may no longer dure . Alas the woe ! alas ...
... spirit in mine heart Declare one point of all my sorrows ' smart To you my lady , that I love most , But I bequeath the service of my ghost To you aboven every creature , Since that my life ne may no longer dure . Alas the woe ! alas ...
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... spirit or rhythmical sweetness and harmony . It contains many vividly descriptive passages , and abounds in dignified and even in pathe- tic sentiment . This poem , which was completed in 1375 , is in octo - syllabic lines , forming ...
... spirit or rhythmical sweetness and harmony . It contains many vividly descriptive passages , and abounds in dignified and even in pathe- tic sentiment . This poem , which was completed in 1375 , is in octo - syllabic lines , forming ...
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... spirit of refinement which graced the contemporary literature of Eng- land . The principal objects of Lyndsay's vitupera- tions were the clergy , whose habits at this period ( just before the Reformation ) were such as to afford ...
... spirit of refinement which graced the contemporary literature of Eng- land . The principal objects of Lyndsay's vitupera- tions were the clergy , whose habits at this period ( just before the Reformation ) were such as to afford ...
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... spirit of emulation which makes him endeavour to outstrip his fellows , and a desire to accumulate property even for its own sake . With much that is Utopian , however , the work contains many sound suggestions . Thus , in- stead of ...
... spirit of emulation which makes him endeavour to outstrip his fellows , and a desire to accumulate property even for its own sake . With much that is Utopian , however , the work contains many sound suggestions . Thus , in- stead of ...
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