Mornings in Spring: Or, Retrospections, Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Volume 2J. Murray, 1828 |
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... poets , " he adds , “ that im- mediately succeeded Chaucer , seem rather relapsing into barbarism , than availing ... poet should soon arise equal to Chaucer : and it must be remembered that the national distractions which ensued had ...
... poets , " he adds , “ that im- mediately succeeded Chaucer , seem rather relapsing into barbarism , than availing ... poet should soon arise equal to Chaucer : and it must be remembered that the national distractions which ensued had ...
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... poet in any high degree approaching the genius . of Chaucer made his appearance in our island * . Amongst those who may be reckoned the immediate suc- cessors of Chaucer , Lydgate is without doubt entitled , on the score at least of ...
... poet in any high degree approaching the genius . of Chaucer made his appearance in our island * . Amongst those who may be reckoned the immediate suc- cessors of Chaucer , Lydgate is without doubt entitled , on the score at least of ...
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... poet , of which the second is beyond all praise , and shows how deeply the Monk of Bury could enter into the distresses of love and maternal fondness . " " ' Canace , condemned to death by Eolus her father , sends to her guilty brother ...
... poet , of which the second is beyond all praise , and shows how deeply the Monk of Bury could enter into the distresses of love and maternal fondness . " " ' Canace , condemned to death by Eolus her father , sends to her guilty brother ...
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... poets . The learned reader will see the resemblance they bear to one of the most admirable remnants of all antiquity , I mean the fragment of Simonides ( unhappily it is but a fragment ) , preserved to us by Dionysius Halicarnassensis ...
... poets . The learned reader will see the resemblance they bear to one of the most admirable remnants of all antiquity , I mean the fragment of Simonides ( unhappily it is but a fragment ) , preserved to us by Dionysius Halicarnassensis ...
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... this story , it will be easily seen , upon comparison , how far our poet has surpassed him . " MATHIAS'S WORKS Of Gray , Vol . ii . p . 66 , et seq . To these four capital pieces , Dunbar has added a MORNINGS IN SPRING .
... this story , it will be easily seen , upon comparison , how far our poet has surpassed him . " MATHIAS'S WORKS Of Gray , Vol . ii . p . 66 , et seq . To these four capital pieces , Dunbar has added a MORNINGS IN SPRING .
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