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Show d en found justly guilty of this atrocious Mile- . Mtct DEVELOPAIENTOF LANGU rable y she Ehward III. was the first to enc bring Englih tomposition. During his e was did reign there was n revival of the ii the Sa.ou genius, and tho language I igust. vigorous growth. After having i man through these successive periods o M.ulu-1 r-amiiion. it needed construetinx ieuted ! Let in U 011 rom wurs ,u author ried nj The English language ha beei result ' favored with minds of rare tminen I Airs. I have brought the win rent pow umber vitality d tlieir native tongue. 1 it the tteriod of its growth, authors ofgr :eding varied styles havo iriven it train i hear, aud copiousness. They arcnyed ii lehad ments it had never worn, s in t i Mon- tile brains ideas germinated win ffered, not stirring the inindn of the nuu 8th of their souls spiritual cravings st; ade to uiifclt by others. ns, the Chancer, the father or Lnghsl 1 Emm' and a living worshippir of nutur ie had 1 wealthier iu descriptions of nal nd had ! jeef, He wl followed by a vn iiiKcentnry, wonliby hou,sands.wcre uui led ized, and the laitgvage was endowed cret powcw of intellectual and spiritual rd. s.'ou. Spenser; with his' exquisite i iud and , creative genius, drew out- its for murlcal harmony and the uusuftp uti richness of It dictiou. Hy the imi itr poets, this rude, imp t feet, aud roug bo plcmeiit is polislied uiid n fined till i It rorsiu alt their delieec? the emotion: on fill slid egiUte the human heart., he' Slmk)ieare developed and Improvi at 'art of bodying forth viiloui of the in up atiou, ami of revealing internul u her mortal vv.ictptloiu, to .perfection I lenkiiowii, ' .'AUUou. gate an examj itm-!the glorious vigor with which it coi iar-i employed to vindicate the .right of ayb dom, aud With what toU'Uiu awe il lie, be niartdiultd,. into vers, to uuf rty, drama. .which, bad" human, lif for it nil. ) scene, ltuucnity for Us ilica't'sr, aud mmlutty for its c6mileti6n. the! Udeou and Locke, earnest seekers rlttijtrutti, in natural aud meiital teleue tjit, largcd the phraseolugyof our Uugua ltcxplniu abstract rcasouings, and jth i Leithered fucti of obWrvlug, inquiringrii Edwards, with an. intellect of uu ckt tug purpose audof rigid logic, carve htt'ltt steru and mtsilve featurci, uud iiugus ft new model Of the compact ,c ',,.t,l Imipv ll Iti tn-rTi.tl iviilrt ing'J Addtson, Johusou, Goldtmith, ai ,r,uu the brilliant satlristi, and csiayists ong hittoriiius, and reformers of that eg HOvtrlbuttd largely to exhibit lu keen tccsjcdneSi, its sharp antithesis, Unity.) Un-ity.) versatility, its pliuut adiipieduess icre jsiiuiilitHy, aud strong dlguit?, Ia,l Wordsworth showed hdvy It-CO . l"eU!fd to hymn tha' dlvlnvst meauiiii t'fi trausjiort us.on Its wings to. realm o r ftijdeur atid'lbvelHifss; Where thought ,1 of'lloweri uud lire makes" music. Uy-1 Coleridge tight how it fcuuld bi eu-ho weayo th robe of dreamy my lagh'and to, lay opeii the.stepi.ot' prol'o Jvettigutionsriuto tb labyrinths of at- dite problem; he popularized tl raet.lgnage of metaphysics. hew ! . |