Specimens of the Lyrical, Descriptive, and Narrative Poets of Great Britain, from Chaucer to the Present Day:: With a Preliminary Sketch of the History of Early English Poetry, and Biographical and Critical Notices, |
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This prince , it is said , could repeat many Saxon poems or songs before he could
write ; but though he enriched his native language with translations from the Latin
, which are still preserved , he made no collection of Saxon poetry . The Runic ...
This prince , it is said , could repeat many Saxon poems or songs before he could
write ; but though he enriched his native language with translations from the Latin
, which are still preserved , he made no collection of Saxon poetry . The Runic ...
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tended the Danes in their subsequent invasion of England , might have
renovated the national poetry , the long distractions of the country which followed
, and the change of the language from what is called the British , or original
Saxon , to the ...
tended the Danes in their subsequent invasion of England , might have
renovated the national poetry , the long distractions of the country which followed
, and the change of the language from what is called the British , or original
Saxon , to the ...
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the laws were administered in French ; the Saxons forgot even their national
handwriting ; and the Norman nobility who accompanied or followed the
Conqueror , settling in all parts of the country , spread every where their
language , their ...
the laws were administered in French ; the Saxons forgot even their national
handwriting ; and the Norman nobility who accompanied or followed the
Conqueror , settling in all parts of the country , spread every where their
language , their ...
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The first productions of Chaucer were allegories ; for such was the taste of the
period in which he lived ; and his “ Flower and the Leaf ” will survive while the
language endures as the fairy dream of a youthful poet . But Chaucer was
eminently ...
The first productions of Chaucer were allegories ; for such was the taste of the
period in which he lived ; and his “ Flower and the Leaf ” will survive while the
language endures as the fairy dream of a youthful poet . But Chaucer was
eminently ...
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The birth of Chaucer , about the year 1328 , is not much below the period when
the complete amalgamation of the Norman and Saxon races took place , and
when the new language , superseding both the Norman and the Danish - Saxon
...
The birth of Chaucer , about the year 1328 , is not much below the period when
the complete amalgamation of the Norman and Saxon races took place , and
when the new language , superseding both the Norman and the Danish - Saxon
...
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