A Biographical History of English Literature: Being an Elementary Introduction to the Greater English WritersW. & R.Chambers, 1879 |
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... poem on the death of his friend Sir Philip Sidney , -he says : “ For wel I wot my rymes ben rudely dight . ” verses . sweet and pleasant to the ear ; and perhaps Thackeray's ON VARIOUS TERMS EMPLOYED IN ENGLISH LITERATURE . 7.
... poem on the death of his friend Sir Philip Sidney , -he says : “ For wel I wot my rymes ben rudely dight . ” verses . sweet and pleasant to the ear ; and perhaps Thackeray's ON VARIOUS TERMS EMPLOYED IN ENGLISH LITERATURE . 7.
Side 8
Being an Elementary Introduction to the Greater English Writers John Daniel Morell. sweet and pleasant to the ear ; and perhaps Thackeray's are the most genuinely attractive , and easy to read . There is as much difference between the ...
Being an Elementary Introduction to the Greater English Writers John Daniel Morell. sweet and pleasant to the ear ; and perhaps Thackeray's are the most genuinely attractive , and easy to read . There is as much difference between the ...
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... sweet upon the tongue ” ; and he could sing and play upon the harp . When he was playing , his eyes shone like “ stars on a frosty night . ” — The MERCHANT is dressed in motley , with a Flanders beaver hat , and silver buckles on his ...
... sweet upon the tongue ” ; and he could sing and play upon the harp . When he was playing , his eyes shone like “ stars on a frosty night . ” — The MERCHANT is dressed in motley , with a Flanders beaver hat , and silver buckles on his ...
Side 59
... sweet , manly , and sincere mind of Chaucer . They were too much under French influence . Hence Dryden's version is too rhetorical , too “ stylish , ” full of splendid phraseology ( some of which does not mean much ) , but true neither ...
... sweet , manly , and sincere mind of Chaucer . They were too much under French influence . Hence Dryden's version is too rhetorical , too “ stylish , ” full of splendid phraseology ( some of which does not mean much ) , but true neither ...
Side 61
... sweet regards . ( g ) His accent . This use of the word is French . Free action " can be better predicated of a horse . ( h ) Armed with innate eloquence is doubtful English ; and the grammar of the next line is worse than doubtful ...
... sweet regards . ( g ) His accent . This use of the word is French . Free action " can be better predicated of a horse . ( h ) Armed with innate eloquence is doubtful English ; and the grammar of the next line is worse than doubtful ...
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