History of the English Language and Literature [by Robert Chambers]William and Robert Chambers, 1857 - 294 páginas |
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... described all kinds of abstract ideas under the semblance of things real and tangible . Petrarch , on the other hand , wrote amatory poetry with wonderful delicacy . There was another Italian writer , Boccaccio , who flourished a little ...
... described all kinds of abstract ideas under the semblance of things real and tangible . Petrarch , on the other hand , wrote amatory poetry with wonderful delicacy . There was another Italian writer , Boccaccio , who flourished a little ...
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... described in the striking verses quoted below . The moral and didactic • * One of his fables is the common story of the Town Mouse and Country Mouse ; and in the moral with which he concludes it , occurs the following verse , which will ...
... described in the striking verses quoted below . The moral and didactic • * One of his fables is the common story of the Town Mouse and Country Mouse ; and in the moral with which he concludes it , occurs the following verse , which will ...
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... described , lessen their value , and give a tedious- ness to the whole poem . Perhaps it is fortunate for the Faery Queen , that one half of it was lost ; and it might have even been improved in value by the want of a half of that which ...
... described , lessen their value , and give a tedious- ness to the whole poem . Perhaps it is fortunate for the Faery Queen , that one half of it was lost ; and it might have even been improved in value by the want of a half of that which ...
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... described , not to speak of the precedents afforded by Greece and Rome . Of comedy , which was an im- provement upon the interludes , and may be more re- motely traced in the ludicrous parts of the moral plays , the earliest specimen ...
... described , not to speak of the precedents afforded by Greece and Rome . Of comedy , which was an im- provement upon the interludes , and may be more re- motely traced in the ludicrous parts of the moral plays , the earliest specimen ...
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... described it , only when combined with moral excel- lence , which , though apt to be favoured and improved by knowledge , is not always found in its company . * This expression is given in the original in Latin . One of the most ...
... described it , only when combined with moral excel- lence , which , though apt to be favoured and improved by knowledge , is not always found in its company . * This expression is given in the original in Latin . One of the most ...
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