Specimens of the early English poets [ed. by G. Ellis.]. To which is prefixed an historical sketch of the rise and progress of the English poetry and language. By G. Ellis, 1. kötet1801 |
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12. oldal
... verse and prose . Indeed , it may be observed , in addition to the arguments adduced by Mr. Tyrwhitt , that as the ... verses were strictly metrical , or whe- ther they were only distinguished from prose by some species of rythm : to a ...
... verse and prose . Indeed , it may be observed , in addition to the arguments adduced by Mr. Tyrwhitt , that as the ... verses were strictly metrical , or whe- ther they were only distinguished from prose by some species of rythm : to a ...
13. oldal
... verse , as with a view to keep the attention of their hearers upon the stretch , by the artificial obscurity of their style ; and to astonish them by those abrupt tran- sitions which are very commonly ( though rather absurdly ) ...
... verse , as with a view to keep the attention of their hearers upon the stretch , by the artificial obscurity of their style ; and to astonish them by those abrupt tran- sitions which are very commonly ( though rather absurdly ) ...
36. oldal
... verse , may have been a natural appendage to a system of versification less strictly metrical ; and that , as the date of its original introduction into Latin can only be conjectured , it is not more absurd to ascribe it to some ...
... verse , may have been a natural appendage to a system of versification less strictly metrical ; and that , as the date of its original introduction into Latin can only be conjectured , it is not more absurd to ascribe it to some ...
41. oldal
... verse , the lives of Wandril and some other saints , held in reverence by the Normans . The next names with which we become ac- quainted , are those of the minstrel TAILLEFER , who is said to have been the first person that broke into ...
... verse , the lives of Wandril and some other saints , held in reverence by the Normans . The next names with which we become ac- quainted , are those of the minstrel TAILLEFER , who is said to have been the first person that broke into ...
42. oldal
... in many other works . Indeed , if we write the two hemistiches as separate verses , we obtain that form of verse of which Skelton was so fond , and which , from its frequent application to metrical romances , was usually [ 42 ]
... in many other works . Indeed , if we write the two hemistiches as separate verses , we obtain that form of verse of which Skelton was so fond , and which , from its frequent application to metrical romances , was usually [ 42 ]
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ancient Anglo-Norman Anglo-Saxon appears Beorn called castle century Chaucer Chronicle composed compositions contemporary curious dames Dares Phrygius Dictys Cretensis Dona Dukes of Normandy earl Edward III England English poetry extract fabliau fair Florent France French Geoffrey of Monmouth glossary gold Gothic Gower hafde hath Henry II heore hirede king knight ladies land language Latin Layamon learned Lord Lydgate Macbeth means meat metrical minstrels monk n'is never noble Norman observed original perhaps poem poet poetical preserved probably purpose reader reign of Edward Reign of Henry rhyme rich Robert de Brunne Robert of Gloucester Romance Saxon says Scotish Scotland seems song specimens Stephen Hawes style Summe heo supposed syllables talents thee thou thought tion transcriber translated Tyrwhitt unto verse versification Wace Warton weoren women word writers written Wyntown
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213. oldal - HAvE observed, that a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure, till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or a fair man, of a mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor, with other particulars of the like nature, that conduce very much to the right understanding of an author.
301. oldal - And sing with us, away ! winter away ! " Come summer, come ! the sweet season and sun ! " Awake, for shame ! that have your heavens won ! " And amorously lift up your headis all ; " Thank love, that list you to his mercy call I
320. oldal - Now have we many chimneys ; and yet our tenderlings complain of rheums, catarrhs, and poses ; then had we none but reredosses, and our heads did never ache. For as the smoke in those days was supposed to be a sufficient hardening for the timber of the house, so it was reputed a far better medicine to keep the good-man and his family from the quack or pose, wherewith, as then, very few were acquainted.
322. oldal - ... and thereto a sack of chaff to rest his head upon, he thought himself to be as well lodged as the lord of the town...
275. oldal - I am of opinion, that Lydgate made considerable additions to those amplifications of our language, in which Chaucer, Gower, and Occleve led the way : and that he is the first of our writers whose style is cloathed with that perspicuity, in which the English phraseology appears at this day to an English reader.
40. oldal - IT WAS FROM ENGLAND AND NORMANDY THAT THE FRENCH RECEIVED THE FIRST WORKS WHICH DESERVE TO BE CITED IN THEIR LANGUAGE.
323. oldal - As for servants, if they had any sheet above them, it was well, for seldom had they any under their bodies to keep them from the pricking straws that ran oft through the canvas of the pallet and rased their hardened hides.
105. oldal - Thomas, &c. It appears, from a very curious MS. of the thirteenth century, penes Mr Douce, of London, containing a French metrical romance of Sir Tristrem, that the work of our Thomas the Rhymer was known, and referred to, by the minstrels of Normandy and Bretagne.
327. oldal - I saw where hung my own6 hood, That I had lost among the throng : To buy my own hood I thought it wrong; I knew it as well as I did my creed; But, for lack of money, I could not speed. The Taverner took me by the sleeve; "Sir," saith he,
316. oldal - Ploughman, have highly extolled this useful body of men, while the French minstrels of the twelfth, thirteenth, and fourteenth centuries universally seem to approve the supercilious contempt with which the nobles affected to treat them.