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Thus , as faithful delineations of the beauties of nature , what can be more fresh and distinct than many of the landscapes which he has given us in the Flower and Leaf , the Romaunt of the Rose , and the Complaint of the Black Knight ?
Thus , as faithful delineations of the beauties of nature , what can be more fresh and distinct than many of the landscapes which he has given us in the Flower and Leaf , the Romaunt of the Rose , and the Complaint of the Black Knight ?
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... his great predecessor ; but there is a perspicuity in his diction , and a circumstan- tiality in his narration , which are sometimes truly pleasing , and he has given us several proofs of the exquisite tenderness of his heart .
... his great predecessor ; but there is a perspicuity in his diction , and a circumstan- tiality in his narration , which are sometimes truly pleasing , and he has given us several proofs of the exquisite tenderness of his heart .
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... pro- sopopoeia of Anger : Then Ire came in with sturt and strife , His hand was ay upon his knife ; nor will the reader forbear to admire the sweet moral pathos which has given an undying charm to the beautiful stanzas on Winter .
... pro- sopopoeia of Anger : Then Ire came in with sturt and strife , His hand was ay upon his knife ; nor will the reader forbear to admire the sweet moral pathos which has given an undying charm to the beautiful stanzas on Winter .
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We cannot , therefore , wonder at the frequent and minute descriptions which he has given us as the result of his early morning rambles at this interest- ing season . One of these , a perfect transcript from the living scene , I have ...
We cannot , therefore , wonder at the frequent and minute descriptions which he has given us as the result of his early morning rambles at this interest- ing season . One of these , a perfect transcript from the living scene , I have ...
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It would appear a difficult and a dangerous task to enter into competition with passages such as I have now given ; yet , rich and appropriate as these Chaucerian pictures must be esteemed , they are ri- valled , if not surpassed ...
It would appear a difficult and a dangerous task to enter into competition with passages such as I have now given ; yet , rich and appropriate as these Chaucerian pictures must be esteemed , they are ri- valled , if not surpassed ...
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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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