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... beautiful in nature and the great in man . been likened to the spring , and has been called the day star of English poetry , he was a sun whom no star " He has * The reader is referred to the notes at the end of the volume for a ...
... beautiful in nature and the great in man . been likened to the spring , and has been called the day star of English poetry , he was a sun whom no star " He has * The reader is referred to the notes at the end of the volume for a ...
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... beautiful , and kept on his shining way , strong , untired , and rejoicing . " CHAUCER was born in the year 1328 ; and having graced the reigns of Edward the Third and his successor , Richard the Second , died in 1400 , in his 72nd year ...
... beautiful , and kept on his shining way , strong , untired , and rejoicing . " CHAUCER was born in the year 1328 ; and having graced the reigns of Edward the Third and his successor , Richard the Second , died in 1400 , in his 72nd year ...
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... beautiful traits of humanity , which redeem our nature from its taints of dross and passion , and rise , like temples , at which men of all climes and ages , the sinner and the saint , alike bow down and do homage . Sir Philip Sydney's ...
... beautiful traits of humanity , which redeem our nature from its taints of dross and passion , and rise , like temples , at which men of all climes and ages , the sinner and the saint , alike bow down and do homage . Sir Philip Sydney's ...
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... beautiful sonnets . His life was one of reverses ; the morning and sunset of his days were overcast with clouds , and some of his sweetest and most touching poetry is that of his sorrows and lamentings . He possessed susceptible ...
... beautiful sonnets . His life was one of reverses ; the morning and sunset of his days were overcast with clouds , and some of his sweetest and most touching poetry is that of his sorrows and lamentings . He possessed susceptible ...
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... beautiful sonnets and madrigals . are classical , imaginative , and forcible , yet unequally sustained , and it often occurs that a fine idea is marred by a mean or conceited expression . His language fetters instead of setting free his ...
... beautiful sonnets and madrigals . are classical , imaginative , and forcible , yet unequally sustained , and it often occurs that a fine idea is marred by a mean or conceited expression . His language fetters instead of setting free his ...
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