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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... spirit of life so gay , That still they live and breathe in fancy's view , Fresh beings fraught with truth's imperishable hue . Campbell . GEOFFREY CHAUCER has been justly designated the " Father of English Poetry . " He was the great ...
... spirit of life so gay , That still they live and breathe in fancy's view , Fresh beings fraught with truth's imperishable hue . Campbell . GEOFFREY CHAUCER has been justly designated the " Father of English Poetry . " He was the great ...
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... spirit pervades some of his most remarkable compositions . Of this class may be mentioned his lines on the " Soul , " the lamentation of " Mary Magdalen , " and the beautiful story of the " Christian Martyr , " related by the Prioress ...
... spirit pervades some of his most remarkable compositions . Of this class may be mentioned his lines on the " Soul , " the lamentation of " Mary Magdalen , " and the beautiful story of the " Christian Martyr , " related by the Prioress ...
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... spirit . ' His morning sketches are bright with perpetual sunshine ; his flowers are always in bloom , fragrant with odoriferous perfumes , and gemmed with sparkling dewdrops . He revels in an everlasting spring , which is cheered with ...
... spirit . ' His morning sketches are bright with perpetual sunshine ; his flowers are always in bloom , fragrant with odoriferous perfumes , and gemmed with sparkling dewdrops . He revels in an everlasting spring , which is cheered with ...
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... spirit soars and sings in the finer air , and amidst the diviner beauty of some far off world of its own . Now the riotous verse rings loud with the turbulence of human merriment and laughter , casting from it , as it dashes on its way ...
... spirit soars and sings in the finer air , and amidst the diviner beauty of some far off world of its own . Now the riotous verse rings loud with the turbulence of human merriment and laughter , casting from it , as it dashes on its way ...
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... spirit , that is not wholly without its attraction and delight . " Referring to the graphic fidelity and minute accuracy of Chaucer's descriptions , Mr. Campbell thus concludes : " After four hundred years have closed over the mirthful ...
... spirit , that is not wholly without its attraction and delight . " Referring to the graphic fidelity and minute accuracy of Chaucer's descriptions , Mr. Campbell thus concludes : " After four hundred years have closed over the mirthful ...
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