Reliques of ancient English poetry, by T. Percy, ed. by J. V. Prichard, Volume 21876 |
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... hath inserted in his book . He hath analyzed the structure of one of these kinds of verse , the harmony of which neither depended on the quantity of the syllables , like that of the ancient Greeks and Romans , nor on the rhymes at the ...
... hath inserted in his book . He hath analyzed the structure of one of these kinds of verse , the harmony of which neither depended on the quantity of the syllables , like that of the ancient Greeks and Romans , nor on the rhymes at the ...
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... hath of hys hie bountie by some of his faithful and trusti servauntes cohorted mi mayster Wynkin de Worde1 to put the aid vertuous hystori in prynte at whose instigacion and stiring I ( Roberte Copland ) have me applied , moiening the ...
... hath of hys hie bountie by some of his faithful and trusti servauntes cohorted mi mayster Wynkin de Worde1 to put the aid vertuous hystori in prynte at whose instigacion and stiring I ( Roberte Copland ) have me applied , moiening the ...
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... hath Heark ned me Heare or Heard my TALE . " The village of Bagily or Baguleigh is in Cheshire , and had belonged to the ancient family of Legh for two centuries before the battle of Flodden . Indeed , that the author was of that ...
... hath Heark ned me Heare or Heard my TALE . " The village of Bagily or Baguleigh is in Cheshire , and had belonged to the ancient family of Legh for two centuries before the battle of Flodden . Indeed , that the author was of that ...
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... hath with us been thus degraded , it still retains among the French its ancient dignity ; their grand 7 And in that of Robert of Gloucester . - See the next note . 8 Consisting of four anapests ( ~~ ) in which the accent rests upon ...
... hath with us been thus degraded , it still retains among the French its ancient dignity ; their grand 7 And in that of Robert of Gloucester . - See the next note . 8 Consisting of four anapests ( ~~ ) in which the accent rests upon ...
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... hath been applied by us only to light and trivial subjects , to which , by its quick and lively measure , it seemed best adapted , our poets have let it remain in a more lax unconfined state , ' as a greater degree of severity and ...
... hath been applied by us only to light and trivial subjects , to which , by its quick and lively measure , it seemed best adapted , our poets have let it remain in a more lax unconfined state , ' as a greater degree of severity and ...
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Page 34 - You violets that first appear, By your pure purple mantles known Like the proud virgins of the year, As if the spring were all your own; What are you when the rose is blown ? So, when my mistress shall be seen In form and beauty of her mind, By virtue first, then choice, a Queen, Tell me, if she were not design'd Th' eclipse and glory of her kind.
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Page 35 - An old song, made by an aged old pate, Of an old worshipful gentleman who had a great estate, That kept a brave old house at a bountiful rate, And an old porter to relieve the poor at his gate...
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