History of English Literature: Wyclif, Chaucer, earliest drama, renaissance, tr. by W. C. RobinsonG. Belland sons, 1901 - English literature |
From inside the book
Results 6-10 of 100
Page 36
... poets ; and to this extravagant adoration occasional outbursts of sarcasm and cynicism formed no refreshing contrast ... poem , which , in its two very dissimilar parts , is typical , in more ways than one , of the culture of the ...
... poets ; and to this extravagant adoration occasional outbursts of sarcasm and cynicism formed no refreshing contrast ... poem , which , in its two very dissimilar parts , is typical , in more ways than one , of the culture of the ...
Page 37
... poems with mythologi- cal and allegorical figures , and in so far as they rarely expressed their feelings , either in ... poem has unquestionably many points of re- semblance to a definite earthly personage by whom the young poet's heart ...
... poems with mythologi- cal and allegorical figures , and in so far as they rarely expressed their feelings , either in ... poem has unquestionably many points of re- semblance to a definite earthly personage by whom the young poet's heart ...
Page 38
... poets , and without much difficulty or endeavor he probably surpassed them in sim- plicity of form and expression . But the fact is very remarkable that from the first , or at least from a very early period , Chaucer wrote in the Eng ...
... poets , and without much difficulty or endeavor he probably surpassed them in sim- plicity of form and expression . But the fact is very remarkable that from the first , or at least from a very early period , Chaucer wrote in the Eng ...
Page 42
... poem on the Deeth of Blaunche the Duchesse , better known as The Boke of the Duchesse . In this poem Chaucer had a double task : he had to celebrate the excellences of Blanche and to depict the sorrow of her mourning lord . With these ...
... poem on the Deeth of Blaunche the Duchesse , better known as The Boke of the Duchesse . In this poem Chaucer had a double task : he had to celebrate the excellences of Blanche and to depict the sorrow of her mourning lord . With these ...
Page 43
... poem is the picture of the be- loved ; it is somewhat defective in execution , but excellent in conception . We see how the young artist has all the traits of ideal womanhood full and vivid in his soul , while his hand is not yet ...
... poem is the picture of the be- loved ; it is somewhat defective in execution , but excellent in conception . We see how the young artist has all the traits of ideal womanhood full and vivid in his soul , while his hand is not yet ...
Common terms and phrases
action Æneid antiquity appears Appendix artistic ballads beautiful beginning belongs Bible Boccaccio Boëthius Canterbury Canterbury Tales century character charm Chaucer church Confessio Amantis Corpus Christi Plays court Dante Divine Comedy drama Duke effect England English poet epic especially expression fable fabliau fate feelings fragment French friars gives Gower hand humor idea ideal impression influence Italian John of Gaunt king knight Knight's Tale language Latin learned legend Lydgate lyrical master medieval mendicant mind monk moral nature original Ovid Palamon and Arcite Pandarus passion period Petrarch play poem poet poet's poetic poetry Pope Prologue prose queen religious rhyme Richard romance satire seems Seven Wise Masters Shipman's Tale sometimes Sompnour sort spirit stanza story strophe style Tale Teseide Theseus thou tion tradition translation Troilus verse whole Wife of Bath women write Wyclif young
Popular passages
Page 3 - Man. 31. 6d. Chalmers on the Adaptation of External Nature to the Moral and Intellectual Constitution of Man. 5.?.
Page 4 - SHARPE (S.) The History of Egypt, from the Earliest Times till the Conquest by the Arabs, AD 640, 2 Maps and upwards of 400 Woodcuts.
Page 1 - Homer's Odyssey, with the Battle of Frogs and Mice, Hymns, &c., by other translators. Edited by the Rev. JS Watson, MA With the entire Series of Flaxman's Designs. 5*.
Page 14 - ... a Pronouncing Gazetteer of the World ; Vocabularies of Scripture, Greek, Latin, and English Proper Names ; a Dictionary of the noted Names of Fiction ; a Brief History of the English Language ; a Dictionary of Foreign Quotations, Words, Phrases, Proverbs, &c. ; a Biographical Dictionary with 10,000 Names, &c.
Page 2 - ROGER OF WENDOVER'S Flowers of History, comprising the History of England from the Descent of the Saxons to AD 1235, formerly ascribed to Matthew Paris.
Page 3 - Introduction to the Old Testament. By Friedrich Bleek. Edited by Johann Bleek and Adolf Kamphausen. Translated by GH Venables, under the supervision of the Rev. Canon Venables. 2 vols. 5*.
Page 1 - POLITICAL CYCLOPEDIA. A Dictionary of Political, Constitutional, Statistical, and Forensic Knowledge ; forming a Work of Reference on subjects of Civil Administration, Political Economy, Finance, Commerce, Laws, and Social Relations.
Page 2 - BACON'S Moral and Historical Works, including the Essays, Apophthegms, Wisdom of the Ancients, New Atlantis, Henry VII., Henry VIII., Elizabeth, Henry Prince of Wales, History of Great Britain, Julius Caesar, •uid Augustus Caesar.
Page 12 - HOOPER'S (G.) Waterloo: The Downfall of the First Napoleon: a History of the Campaign of 1815.