Lectures on English Poetry: From the Reign of Edward the Third, to the Time of Burns and Cowper, Delivered at the Russell Institution, in 1827; with Miscellaneous Tales and Poems; Being the Literary Remains of the Late Henry NeeleSmith, Elder & Company, 1830 - 543 páginas |
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... latter as his scholar , - " Grete well Chaucer , when ye mete As my disciple and Poete , " did not begin to write English Poetry until after him , and is therefore placed in his School . He is a tame and mediocre writer , but every page ...
... latter as his scholar , - " Grete well Chaucer , when ye mete As my disciple and Poete , " did not begin to write English Poetry until after him , and is therefore placed in his School . He is a tame and mediocre writer , but every page ...
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... latter was the better versifier ; but both are remembered only in the absence of superior talent . From the death of Chaucer to the middle of the reign of Henry the Eighth , the history of English Literature is one dull and gloomy blank ...
... latter was the better versifier ; but both are remembered only in the absence of superior talent . From the death of Chaucer to the middle of the reign of Henry the Eighth , the history of English Literature is one dull and gloomy blank ...
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... latter will be found to be but as dust in the balance . The accomplished scholars and elegant writers who adorned the Courts of Leo , of Louis , and of Anne , enjoy and deserve their fame ; but they must not be put in compe- tition with ...
... latter will be found to be but as dust in the balance . The accomplished scholars and elegant writers who adorned the Courts of Leo , of Louis , and of Anne , enjoy and deserve their fame ; but they must not be put in compe- tition with ...
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... Had Charles long continued to sway the English sceptre , there is no doubt that Literature and the Arts , but espe- cially the latter , would have been materially ad- vanced . To them the establishment of a Com- monwealth 18 LECTURES ON.
... Had Charles long continued to sway the English sceptre , there is no doubt that Literature and the Arts , but espe- cially the latter , would have been materially ad- vanced . To them the establishment of a Com- monwealth 18 LECTURES ON.
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... his due . - The publication of " Paradise Lost " was soon followed by that of " Paradise Regained , " and Sampson Agonistes . " Neither of the latter works 66 can be said to have advanced the fame of the ENGLISH POETRY . 23.
... his due . - The publication of " Paradise Lost " was soon followed by that of " Paradise Regained , " and Sampson Agonistes . " Neither of the latter works 66 can be said to have advanced the fame of the ENGLISH POETRY . 23.
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Página 70 - Noble madam, Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues We write in water.
Página 101 - As a sick girl. Ye gods ! it doth amaze me A man of such a feeble temper should So get the start of the majestic world And bear the palm alone.
Página 202 - Sweet Day, so cool, so calm, so bright, The bridal of the earth and sky, The dew shall weep thy fall to-night ; For thou must die. Sweet Rose, whose hue, angry and brave, Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye, Thy root is ever in its grave, And thou must die.
Página 368 - With saintly shout and solemn jubilee. Where the bright Seraphim in burning row Their loud uplifted angel-trumpets blow. And the Cherubic host in thousand quires Touch their immortal harps of golden wires. With those just spirits that wear victorious palms. Hymns devout and holy psalms Singing everlastingly: That we on earth with undiscording voice May rightly answer that melodious noise; As once we did.
Página 183 - This guest of summer, The temple-haunting martlet, does approve By his loved mansionry that the heaven's breath Smells wooingly here : no jutty, frieze, Buttress, nor coign of vantage, but this bird Hath made his pendent bed and procreant cradle : Where they most breed and haunt, I have observed The air is delicate.
Página 116 - Sheds itself through the face, As alone there triumphs to the life All the gain, all the good, of the elements
Página 33 - tis true, this god did shake : His coward lips did from their colour fly ; And that same eye whose bend doth awe the world Did lose his lustre : I did hear him groan : Ay, and that tongue of his that bade the Romans Mark him, and write his speeches in their books, , Alas ! it cried, " Give me some drink, Titinius,
Página 203 - ... to-night, For thou must die. Sweet rose, whose hue angry and brave Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye, Thy root is ever in its grave, And thou must die. Sweet spring, full of sweet days and roses, A box where sweets compacted lie, My music shows ye have your closes, And all must die. Only a sweet and virtuous soul, Like season'd timber, never gives ; But though the whole world turn to coal, Then chiefly lives.
Página 71 - Waller was smooth ; but Dryden taught to join The varying verse, the full resounding line, The long majestic march, and energy divine : Though still some traces of our rustic vein And splay-foot verse remain'd, and will remain.
Página 91 - A blank, my lord : She never told her love, But let concealment, like a worm i...