Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions of English Authors, from Earliest to the Present Time : Connected by a Critical and Biographical HistoryRobert Chambers Gould, Kendall and Lincoln, 1850 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page xiii
... Poetry and Poets , Of Obscurity , • Of Procrastination , Vision of Oliver Cromwell , JAMES HARRINGTON , 401 The Moral Feelings Instinctive , Spiritual Pride , 436 401 Education , 402 EDWARD STILLINGFLEET , • 403 True Wisdom , 403 ...
... Poetry and Poets , Of Obscurity , • Of Procrastination , Vision of Oliver Cromwell , JAMES HARRINGTON , 401 The Moral Feelings Instinctive , Spiritual Pride , 436 401 Education , 402 EDWARD STILLINGFLEET , • 403 True Wisdom , 403 ...
Page 1
... poetry , in great abundance , written both in Latin and in the native tongue . * The earliest name in the list of Anglo - Saxon writers is that of Gildas , generally described as a missionary of British parentage , living in the first ...
... poetry , in great abundance , written both in Latin and in the native tongue . * The earliest name in the list of Anglo - Saxon writers is that of Gildas , generally described as a missionary of British parentage , living in the first ...
Page 4
... POETS OF ENGLAND . The first literary productions which call for at- tention after the Conquest , are a class which may be considered as in a great measure foreign to the country and its language . Before the invasion of England by ...
... POETS OF ENGLAND . The first literary productions which call for at- tention after the Conquest , are a class which may be considered as in a great measure foreign to the country and its language . Before the invasion of England by ...
Page 11
... poetry only in the forms of the chronicle and the romance : of its many other forms , so familiar now , in which it is employed to point a moral lesson , to describe natural scenery , to convey satiric reflections , and give expression ...
... poetry only in the forms of the chronicle and the romance : of its many other forms , so familiar now , in which it is employed to point a moral lesson , to describe natural scenery , to convey satiric reflections , and give expression ...
Page 12
... poetry . Though our language had risen into importance with the rise of the Commons in the time of Edward I. , the French long kept possession of the court and higher circles , and it required a genius like that of Chaucer - familiar ...
... poetry . Though our language had risen into importance with the rise of the Commons in the time of Edward I. , the French long kept possession of the court and higher circles , and it required a genius like that of Chaucer - familiar ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
afterwards beauty Ben Jonson blood breast breath Cæsar called Chaucer court death delight dost doth drama Dryden Duchess of Malfy Earl earth Eastward Hoe England English eyes Faery Queen fair fancy fear fire flowers genius gentle give grace ground hand happy hast hath hear heart heaven Henry Henry VIII honour Hudibras Jeremy Taylor John John Lesley Jonson king labour lady language learning leave light live look Lord Macbeth masque mind muse nature never night noble nymph passion Philip Massinger play pleasure poem poet poetical poetry poor praise prince Queen racter reign rich scene Scotland Shakspeare sing sleep song soul speak Spenser spirit St Serf style sweet taste tears tell thee thine things thought tongue unto verse virtue wind wine words write youth