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... young don of Pembroke Hall , newly elected Fellow in Spenser's second year there . He was handsome , ambitious , devoted to the study of Latin and Greek literature , and interested also in English and Italian writers . Others found him ...
... young don of Pembroke Hall , newly elected Fellow in Spenser's second year there . He was handsome , ambitious , devoted to the study of Latin and Greek literature , and interested also in English and Italian writers . Others found him ...
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... Young , distinguished London clergyman and at the same time Master of Pembroke Hall , became Bishop of Rochester ... Young's first year as Bishop , Edmund Spenser became his secretary , at the age of about twenty - six . He would now be ...
... Young , distinguished London clergyman and at the same time Master of Pembroke Hall , became Bishop of Rochester ... Young's first year as Bishop , Edmund Spenser became his secretary , at the age of about twenty - six . He would now be ...
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... young man green in judgment he o'er- reached himself in vaulting ambition , and ' fell on the other ' . The Calender ... young man's production . For instance some of the woodcuts feature bird flight and in the Gloss augury by bird ...
... young man green in judgment he o'er- reached himself in vaulting ambition , and ' fell on the other ' . The Calender ... young man's production . For instance some of the woodcuts feature bird flight and in the Gloss augury by bird ...
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