Shaw's New History of English Literature: Prepared on the Basis of "Shaw's Manual"Sheldon & Company, 1877 - 404 páginas |
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... GEOFFREY CHAUCER .. 26 CHAPTER V. THE CONTEMPORARIES OF CHAUCER . 43 CHAPTER VI . FROM CHAUCER TO SPENSER .. 49 CHAPTER VII . 60 THE NON - DRAMATIC ELIZABETHAN POETS ... 285823 CHAPTER VIII . THE DAWN OF THE DRAMA ..... PAGE.
... GEOFFREY CHAUCER .. 26 CHAPTER V. THE CONTEMPORARIES OF CHAUCER . 43 CHAPTER VI . FROM CHAUCER TO SPENSER .. 49 CHAPTER VII . 60 THE NON - DRAMATIC ELIZABETHAN POETS ... 285823 CHAPTER VIII . THE DAWN OF THE DRAMA ..... PAGE.
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... Spenser , Shakespeare , Bacon , Milton , Dryden , Pope , Swift , Addison , Johnson , Goldsmith , Burns , Scott , and Byron , have been printed in the most attractive manner ; references have been furnished to judicious criticisms of ...
... Spenser , Shakespeare , Bacon , Milton , Dryden , Pope , Swift , Addison , Johnson , Goldsmith , Burns , Scott , and Byron , have been printed in the most attractive manner ; references have been furnished to judicious criticisms of ...
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... form a just notion of the highest intellectual power exerted at that time . He struck the first mighty blow against Roman Catholic supremacy in England . THE CHAPTER VI . FROM CHAUCER TO SPENSER . HE 48 PROSE IN THE TIME OF CHAUCER .
... form a just notion of the highest intellectual power exerted at that time . He struck the first mighty blow against Roman Catholic supremacy in England . THE CHAPTER VI . FROM CHAUCER TO SPENSER . HE 48 PROSE IN THE TIME OF CHAUCER .
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... SPENSER . HE first great manifestation of English intellectual power terminated with the death of Chaucer . A period of decay followed , in which there was no display of literary genius . For more than a hundred and fifty years not a ...
... SPENSER . HE first great manifestation of English intellectual power terminated with the death of Chaucer . A period of decay followed , in which there was no display of literary genius . For more than a hundred and fifty years not a ...
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... Chaucer and Spenser . It is distinguished by tenderness of expression , a manly delicacy of feel- ing , and a genuine poetic sensibility . Besides these three , not a respectable versifier appeared in 50 JAMES I. OF SCOTLAND .
... Chaucer and Spenser . It is distinguished by tenderness of expression , a manly delicacy of feel- ing , and a genuine poetic sensibility . Besides these three , not a respectable versifier appeared in 50 JAMES I. OF SCOTLAND .
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