Lectures on the English PoetsJ. Templeman, 1841 - 407 páginas |
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... character , and the tone of his writings . Yet it would be too much to attri- bute the one to the other as cause and effect : for Spenser , whose poetical temperament was as effeminate as Chaucer's was stern and mas- culine , was ...
... character , and the tone of his writings . Yet it would be too much to attri- bute the one to the other as cause and effect : for Spenser , whose poetical temperament was as effeminate as Chaucer's was stern and mas- culine , was ...
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... character belonging to them , and produce the effect of sculpture on the mind . Chaucer had an equal eye for truth of nature and dis- crimination of character ; and his interest in what he saw gave new distinctness and force to his ...
... character belonging to them , and produce the effect of sculpture on the mind . Chaucer had an equal eye for truth of nature and dis- crimination of character ; and his interest in what he saw gave new distinctness and force to his ...
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... characters of men never change , though manners , opinions , and institutions may , ) to know what has become of this character of the Sompnoure in the pre- sent day ; whether or not it has any technical representative in existing ...
... characters of men never change , though manners , opinions , and institutions may , ) to know what has become of this character of the Sompnoure in the pre- sent day ; whether or not it has any technical representative in existing ...
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... character is inimitable ; 66 Nought fer fro thilke paleis honourable , Wher as this markis shope his marriage , Ther stood a thorpe , of sighte delitable , In which that poure folk of that village Hadden hir bestes and her herbergage ...
... character is inimitable ; 66 Nought fer fro thilke paleis honourable , Wher as this markis shope his marriage , Ther stood a thorpe , of sighte delitable , In which that poure folk of that village Hadden hir bestes and her herbergage ...
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... character . Nobody but Rubens could have painted the fancy of Spenser ; and he could not have given the sentiment , the airy dream that hovers over it ! With all this , Spenser neither makes us laugh nor weep . The only jest in his poem ...
... character . Nobody but Rubens could have painted the fancy of Spenser ; and he could not have given the sentiment , the airy dream that hovers over it ! With all this , Spenser neither makes us laugh nor weep . The only jest in his poem ...
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