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... Poets , from Chaucer to Cow- per ; including the Series edited , with Prefaces Bio- graphical and Critical , by Dr. Samuel Johnson : and the most approved Translations . The Additional Lives by Alexander Chalmers , F. S. A. New ...
... Poets , from Chaucer to Cow- per ; including the Series edited , with Prefaces Bio- graphical and Critical , by Dr. Samuel Johnson : and the most approved Translations . The Additional Lives by Alexander Chalmers , F. S. A. New ...
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... poets intervenes be- tween the age of Dante and that of Chaucer : yet the latter was but the morning star ' of English poetry ; the former is the meri- dian sun which rivals in splendour the brightest luminaries of all ages and nations ...
... poets intervenes be- tween the age of Dante and that of Chaucer : yet the latter was but the morning star ' of English poetry ; the former is the meri- dian sun which rivals in splendour the brightest luminaries of all ages and nations ...
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... poetry of Italy derives itself in a much more di- rect line from that of the Provençaux , and , through them , from the more distant source of Arabian literature , than from ancient Rome , of whose lyre the last faint and discordant ...
... poetry of Italy derives itself in a much more di- rect line from that of the Provençaux , and , through them , from the more distant source of Arabian literature , than from ancient Rome , of whose lyre the last faint and discordant ...
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... poetry , as detailed to us at considerable length and with great ingenuity by both the wri- ters whom we have chosen for our guides . The capture of Toledo in 1083 , by Alonso VI , king of Castile and Leon , and the succession of ...
... poetry , as detailed to us at considerable length and with great ingenuity by both the wri- ters whom we have chosen for our guides . The capture of Toledo in 1083 , by Alonso VI , king of Castile and Leon , and the succession of ...
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poetry , must be admitted to have been highly favourable to its improvement , and calculated to confirm and exalt the character impressed upon it by a variety of previous circumstances . But if the true parentage of the Provençal poetry ...
poetry , must be admitted to have been highly favourable to its improvement , and calculated to confirm and exalt the character impressed upon it by a variety of previous circumstances . But if the true parentage of the Provençal poetry ...
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Page 429 - How gloriously her gallant course she goes ! Her white wings flying — never from her foes — She walks the waters like a thing of life, And seems to dare the elements to strife.
Page 314 - For wheresoe'er I turn my ravish'd eyes, gay gilded scenes and shining prospects rise, poetic fields encompass me around, and still I seem to tread on classic ground...
Page 192 - he did not beg a long life of God for any other reason, " but to live to finish his three remaining books of Polity ; " and then, Lord, let thy servant depart in peace;" which was his usual expression.
Page 493 - A man — the monarch of his mind. Now taste and try this temper, Sirs, Mood it, and brood it in your breast ; Or if ye ween, for worldly stirs That man does right to mar his rest, Let me be *deft and debonair, I am content, I do not care.
Page 136 - He called forth the latent virtues of the human heart, and taught men to discover in themselves a mine of charity, of which the proprietors had been unconscious. In feeding the lamp of charity, he has almost exhausted the lamp of life.
Page 497 - Tell them, I AM, JEHOVAH said To MOSES; while earth heard in dread, And, smitten to the heart, At once above, beneath, around, All Nature, without voice or sound, Replied, "O LORD, THOU ART.
Page 222 - The Report of the Select Committee of the House of Commons, appointed to inquire into the state of the...
Page 371 - Awake on your hills, on your islands awake, Brave sons of the mountain, the frith, and the lake ! 'Tis the bugle — but not for the chase is the call ; 'Tis the pibroch's shrill summons — but not to the hall. 'Tis the summons of heroes for conquest or death. When the banners are blazing on mountain and heath ; They call to the dirk, the claymore, and the targe, To the march and the muster, the line and the charge.
Page 314 - Now my weary lips I close: Leave me, leave me to repose.
Page 513 - THE BORDER ANTIQUITIES OF ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND, comprising Specimens of Architecture and Sculpture, and other Vestiges of Former Ages, accompanied by Descriptions. Together with Illustrations of remarkable Incidents in Border History and Tradition, and Original Poetry.