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... sustained and most * Stick . + Long and well proportioned . In soothe . ? Dryden's Palemon and Arcite , the glorious paraphrase of this tale , is familiar to every one . Warton calls it " the most animated and harmonious piece of ...
... sustained and most * Stick . + Long and well proportioned . In soothe . ? Dryden's Palemon and Arcite , the glorious paraphrase of this tale , is familiar to every one . Warton calls it " the most animated and harmonious piece of ...
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... sustained blank verse , and this , in a translation of the Æneid of Virgil , he has employed with a force and grandeur worthy of later times . His description and praise of his love Geraldine , although often quoted , is too full of ...
... sustained blank verse , and this , in a translation of the Æneid of Virgil , he has employed with a force and grandeur worthy of later times . His description and praise of his love Geraldine , although often quoted , is too full of ...
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... sustained , and the characters and action appropriate . It was acted before Queen Elizabeth at Whitehall in 1561 , by the students of the Inner Temple . D They The English in remote times had their scenic representations 27.
... sustained , and the characters and action appropriate . It was acted before Queen Elizabeth at Whitehall in 1561 , by the students of the Inner Temple . D They The English in remote times had their scenic representations 27.
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... sustained by the priesthood . were , according to the wife of Bath's prologue in the Canterbury Tales , exhibited during the season of Lent , * and sometimes a sequel of scripture histories was carried on for several days . Beelzebub ...
... sustained by the priesthood . were , according to the wife of Bath's prologue in the Canterbury Tales , exhibited during the season of Lent , * and sometimes a sequel of scripture histories was carried on for several days . Beelzebub ...
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... sustained performance . It was in the reign of Elizabeth that the drama , in its first infancy , rose to its fullest might and glory ; it sprung into existence , like Venus from the waste of waters , in all its power and proportion . It ...
... sustained performance . It was in the reign of Elizabeth that the drama , in its first infancy , rose to its fullest might and glory ; it sprung into existence , like Venus from the waste of waters , in all its power and proportion . It ...
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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