Lectures on English Poetry: To the Time of MiltonWhittaker, 1837 - 118 pàgines |
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Pàgina 11
... King Alfred . The poet , who was an unlearned man , paraphrased in rude but powerful verse such part of the scripture as he had gathered from the recitation of the the ecclesiastics . The venerable Bede , renowned for his learning and ...
... King Alfred . The poet , who was an unlearned man , paraphrased in rude but powerful verse such part of the scripture as he had gathered from the recitation of the the ecclesiastics . The venerable Bede , renowned for his learning and ...
Pàgina 12
... he was a sun whom no star " He has * The reader is referred to the notes at the end of the volume for a translation of a Saxon ode on a victory of King Athelstan in the year 938 . preceded . He arose upon us , like the morning 12.
... he was a sun whom no star " He has * The reader is referred to the notes at the end of the volume for a translation of a Saxon ode on a victory of King Athelstan in the year 938 . preceded . He arose upon us , like the morning 12.
Pàgina 13
... king's son , John of Gaunt , Duke of Lancaster , by whose favor he obtained in marriage Philippa , the sister of the famous Catherine Swynford , the Duke's mistress and afterwards his wife . He enjoyed an office of trifling emolument ...
... king's son , John of Gaunt , Duke of Lancaster , by whose favor he obtained in marriage Philippa , the sister of the famous Catherine Swynford , the Duke's mistress and afterwards his wife . He enjoyed an office of trifling emolument ...
Pàgina 42
... ; the priest , a king ; The spoused pair , two realms ; the sea , the ring . The song of Night , in his Masque of the Vision of Delight breathes the very soul of music and fancy : Break , Phant'sie , from thy cave of cloud , 42.
... ; the priest , a king ; The spoused pair , two realms ; the sea , the ring . The song of Night , in his Masque of the Vision of Delight breathes the very soul of music and fancy : Break , Phant'sie , from thy cave of cloud , 42.
Pàgina 74
... King , but vindicated the influence and the cause of the Protector during the Commonwealth . He was however among the first to greet the new Monarch on his return to England , and abandon those principles which before he had ...
... King , but vindicated the influence and the cause of the Protector during the Commonwealth . He was however among the first to greet the new Monarch on his return to England , and abandon those principles which before he had ...
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