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Thus , " most of the poets , " he adds , “ that im- mediately succeeded Chaucer , seem rather relapsing into barbarism , than availing themselves of those striking ornaments which his judgment and ima- gination had disclosed .
Thus , " most of the poets , " he adds , “ that im- mediately succeeded Chaucer , seem rather relapsing into barbarism , than availing themselves of those striking ornaments which his judgment and ima- gination had disclosed .
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Truth obliges me to add that he was not fastidious about his dress ; and that an officer , curious in the personal appearance and equipments of his company , might have ques- tioned the military nicety of the poet's clothes and arms .
Truth obliges me to add that he was not fastidious about his dress ; and that an officer , curious in the personal appearance and equipments of his company , might have ques- tioned the military nicety of the poet's clothes and arms .
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When I add that they are from the pen of Montgomery , a poet endeared to us alike by the moral and devotional beauty , as by the pathos and originality of his muse , and that they have not yet made their appearance in any edition of his ...
When I add that they are from the pen of Montgomery , a poet endeared to us alike by the moral and devotional beauty , as by the pathos and originality of his muse , and that they have not yet made their appearance in any edition of his ...
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And he then adds , “ it is very satisfactory to have been the means of bringing forward a new , and at the same time so convincing a proof of the authenticity of these ancient poems ; and hence indeed it appears , that the more the ...
And he then adds , “ it is very satisfactory to have been the means of bringing forward a new , and at the same time so convincing a proof of the authenticity of these ancient poems ; and hence indeed it appears , that the more the ...
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Dr. Hyde says , " the old Irish were so greatly addicted to chess , that amongst them the possession of good estates has been often decided by it ; and , " adds he , " there are some estates , at this very time , the property whereof ...
Dr. Hyde says , " the old Irish were so greatly addicted to chess , that amongst them the possession of good estates has been often decided by it ; and , " adds he , " there are some estates , at this very time , the property whereof ...
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| Title | Mornings in Spring: Or, Retrospections, Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Volume 2 Mornings in Spring: Or, Retrospections, Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Nathan Drake |
| Author | Nathan Drake |
| Publisher | J. Murray, 1828 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 12 Mar 2008 |
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