Biographical Sketches of Eminent British Poets, Chronologically Arranged from Chaucer to Burns: With Criticisms on Their Works, Selected from the Most Distinguished Writersdirection of the Commissioners of National Education in Ireland, 1851 - 508 páginas |
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... learned Editor's comments on the writings of Chaucer are lively , striking , and eloquent . We transcribe the following as a favourable speci- men : - " His poetry exhibits , in as remarkable a degree , perhaps , as any other in any ...
... learned Editor's comments on the writings of Chaucer are lively , striking , and eloquent . We transcribe the following as a favourable speci- men : - " His poetry exhibits , in as remarkable a degree , perhaps , as any other in any ...
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... learned and interesting work , a large amount of information on the origin and progress of the English language , and on the peculiar structure and harmony of Chaucer's versification . HENRY HOWARD , EARL OF SURREY . BORN , 1516 ...
... learned and interesting work , a large amount of information on the origin and progress of the English language , and on the peculiar structure and harmony of Chaucer's versification . HENRY HOWARD , EARL OF SURREY . BORN , 1516 ...
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... learned and diligent of his biographers , asserts that he was educated at Cambridge , and that he was afterwards elected High Steward of that University . Another writer , Wood , states that he was for a time a student at Cardinal ...
... learned and diligent of his biographers , asserts that he was educated at Cambridge , and that he was afterwards elected High Steward of that University . Another writer , Wood , states that he was for a time a student at Cardinal ...
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... learned to practise . According to a curious old passage , extracted by Dr. Nott from Hardinge's Chronicle , they began very early with languages and manners ; from ten to twelve they were taught dancing and music ; then they scoured ...
... learned to practise . According to a curious old passage , extracted by Dr. Nott from Hardinge's Chronicle , they began very early with languages and manners ; from ten to twelve they were taught dancing and music ; then they scoured ...
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... learned and invaluable production . Tytler has spoken of it as “ laborious , without being heavy ; learned , without being dry ; acute and ingenious , without degenerating into the subtle but trivial distinctions of the schoolmen . Its ...
... learned and invaluable production . Tytler has spoken of it as “ laborious , without being heavy ; learned , without being dry ; acute and ingenious , without degenerating into the subtle but trivial distinctions of the schoolmen . Its ...
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