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... present must be imperfect the author is well aware - the subject is copious , and there is much that he has been obliged to pass over with a hasty allusion , or altogether in silence . The ballads and fugitive verses familiarized to the ...
... present must be imperfect the author is well aware - the subject is copious , and there is much that he has been obliged to pass over with a hasty allusion , or altogether in silence . The ballads and fugitive verses familiarized to the ...
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... present age . The reign of chivalry , fantastic as it may have been , forms a history of itself ; and however wild the spirit which gave rise to the institution , its effects were con- siderable . It soon spread over Europe , and aroused ...
... present age . The reign of chivalry , fantastic as it may have been , forms a history of itself ; and however wild the spirit which gave rise to the institution , its effects were con- siderable . It soon spread over Europe , and aroused ...
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... presents us with a lively satire on the tricks and impositions of the mendicant friars ; and Chaucer , in his own person , with great gravity pours forth the mock heroic Rime of Sire Thopas . The Canterbury Tales were printed by William ...
... presents us with a lively satire on the tricks and impositions of the mendicant friars ; and Chaucer , in his own person , with great gravity pours forth the mock heroic Rime of Sire Thopas . The Canterbury Tales were printed by William ...
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... present day , whose wit consists in rude allusions or boisterous mirth . His knights and maidens do not offend ... presents us with a true unadulterated transcript of the manners , feelings , and intelligence of his age . His models were ...
... present day , whose wit consists in rude allusions or boisterous mirth . His knights and maidens do not offend ... presents us with a true unadulterated transcript of the manners , feelings , and intelligence of his age . His models were ...
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... present her to myne yien : Bright is her hewe , and Geraldine she hight , Hampton me taught , to wishe her first for myne , And Windsor , alas , doth chase me from her sight . Her beauty of kinde , her vertue from above , Happy is he ...
... present her to myne yien : Bright is her hewe , and Geraldine she hight , Hampton me taught , to wishe her first for myne , And Windsor , alas , doth chase me from her sight . Her beauty of kinde , her vertue from above , Happy is he ...
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Æneid allusion amidst angels appear battle beautiful Ben Johnson bird bold breath bright Canterbury Tales celebrated characters Chaucer composed composition Comus conceit court dark deep delight dignity doth eloquence English English poetry eternal expression fair fancy feelings flowers fugitive verses gallantry genius Geoffrey Chaucer GILES FLETCHER gloomy glowing gold happy heart heaven heroes hire human images imagination Inner Temple inspiration John of Gaunt King language learning legends light literature lived lofty looked Lord mankind mighty Milton mind minstrels moral muse narration nature night Paradise Lost passions Petrarch poem poet poetical poetry popular proud quaint refined reign religious rendered rhymes rise romance rose rude Saint Brandon sang Satan Saxon sentiment Shakspeare shew songs sonnets soul Spenser spirit stream sublime sustained sweet Temple thee tree truth unto verse virtues wanting wife of Bath wild wings Wynkyn de Worde zeal