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... imagination of this author provoked the ire of other chroniclers , who declared that he had " lied saucily and shamelessly ; but along with its fictions the " history " preserved many ancient Welsh traditions , which Geoffrey may have ...
... imagination of this author provoked the ire of other chroniclers , who declared that he had " lied saucily and shamelessly ; but along with its fictions the " history " preserved many ancient Welsh traditions , which Geoffrey may have ...
Page 86
... imaginative power and artistic skill whose work reflects the spirit of this era , although the best of it appeared after 1500. These were William Dunbar , author of The Thistle and the Rose ( 1503 ) and The Golden Targe ( 1508 ) ; and ...
... imaginative power and artistic skill whose work reflects the spirit of this era , although the best of it appeared after 1500. These were William Dunbar , author of The Thistle and the Rose ( 1503 ) and The Golden Targe ( 1508 ) ; and ...
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... imaginative composition , in prose romance , and in dramatic poetry , the loves and woes of complaining shepherds seemed a universal theme by which to rouse the sentimental in- terest of readers . Milton in his Lycidas gave a tone of ...
... imaginative composition , in prose romance , and in dramatic poetry , the loves and woes of complaining shepherds seemed a universal theme by which to rouse the sentimental in- terest of readers . Milton in his Lycidas gave a tone of ...
Page 104
... noble epic , rich in imagination and in fancy , ex- pressed in lines which for softness and melody have never been surpassed . MINOR POEMS 105 Spenser's early poems were published under the 104 FROM CHAUCER TO SHAKESPEARE.
... noble epic , rich in imagination and in fancy , ex- pressed in lines which for softness and melody have never been surpassed . MINOR POEMS 105 Spenser's early poems were published under the 104 FROM CHAUCER TO SHAKESPEARE.
Page 107
... imagination which with such felicity invents so wonderful an array of images and incidents . Examine the details of the narrative . Ex- plain the allegory in the first stanza : the shield ; the gravity , boldness , and eagerness of the ...
... imagination which with such felicity invents so wonderful an array of images and incidents . Examine the details of the narrative . Ex- plain the allegory in the first stanza : the shield ; the gravity , boldness , and eagerness of the ...
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