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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... period , he was appointed yeoman to Edward III . He was married to a near connexion of the cele- brated John of Gaunt , through whose patronage he be- came a favourite at court , obtained profitable employment , and was sent on ...
... period , he was appointed yeoman to Edward III . He was married to a near connexion of the cele- brated John of Gaunt , through whose patronage he be- came a favourite at court , obtained profitable employment , and was sent on ...
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... first of that illustrious file of poets whose ashes rest in the sacred edifice . " Though seventy - two years of age at the period of his death , he retained his mental faculties clear and vigorous L GEOFFREY CHAUCER .
... first of that illustrious file of poets whose ashes rest in the sacred edifice . " Though seventy - two years of age at the period of his death , he retained his mental faculties clear and vigorous L GEOFFREY CHAUCER .
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... period of his life , he contracted a marriage with Lady Frances Vere , daughter of John Earl of Oxford . This union , therefore , must have taken place in 1532 , though according to the custom of the times , he did not live with his ...
... period of his life , he contracted a marriage with Lady Frances Vere , daughter of John Earl of Oxford . This union , therefore , must have taken place in 1532 , though according to the custom of the times , he did not live with his ...
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... period of his imagined errantry , his repeated appearances at the Court of England can be ascertained ; and Geral- dine , if she was daughter of the Earl of Kildare , was then only a child of seven years of age . That Surrey The ...
... period of his imagined errantry , his repeated appearances at the Court of England can be ascertained ; and Geral- dine , if she was daughter of the Earl of Kildare , was then only a child of seven years of age . That Surrey The ...
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... periods very little im- provement was visible either in prose or poetical com- position . Until Spenser arose to enrich with his immortal productions the language of his country , there was scarcely any writer appeared upon whom the ...
... periods very little im- provement was visible either in prose or poetical com- position . Until Spenser arose to enrich with his immortal productions the language of his country , there was scarcely any writer appeared upon whom the ...
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Addison admired afterwards Allan Ramsay amiable appeared beautiful Ben Jonson biographers born Campbell celebrated character Chaucer church composed composition Cowper critical Cyclopedia death delight diction died distinguished dramatic Dryden Earl Edinburgh Edinburgh Review edition elegance eloquent eminent English language English Poetry English Poets essays excellence Faerie Queene fame fancy father favour feeling genius Goldsmith heart honour humour interesting Ireland Johnson labours language learned literary literature lived London Lord melancholy ment merits Milton mind moral muse nature never observes Paradise Lost period poem poet's poetical poetry Pope popular praise productions prose published reader received religious remarkable Review sacred Sacred Poets satire says Shakspeare Sir Philip Sidney Sir Walter Sir Walter Raleigh Sir Walter Scott sketch specimen Spenser spirit style sweet Swift talents taste thought tion truth verse Westminster Abbey Westminster School writer written wrote young