Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions of English Authors, from the Earliest to the Present Time, Volume 1Gould and Lincoln, 1856 |
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... VII's time , Hasty Judgment , Cause and Effect , The Shepherds of Bethlehem , JOHN FOX , The Invention of Printing , The ... Henry's Visits to Wolsey's House , LORD BERNERS , Battle of Cressy , JOHN ... viii CYCLOPEDIA OF ENGLISH LITERATURE .
... VII's time , Hasty Judgment , Cause and Effect , The Shepherds of Bethlehem , JOHN FOX , The Invention of Printing , The ... Henry's Visits to Wolsey's House , LORD BERNERS , Battle of Cressy , JOHN ... viii CYCLOPEDIA OF ENGLISH LITERATURE .
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... Henry VIII . He was rector of Dysse , in Norfolk , and chiefly wrote satires upon his own order , for which he was at one time compelled to fly from his charge . The pasquils of Skelton are copious and careless effusions of coarse ...
... Henry VIII . He was rector of Dysse , in Norfolk , and chiefly wrote satires upon his own order , for which he was at one time compelled to fly from his charge . The pasquils of Skelton are copious and careless effusions of coarse ...
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... Henry VIII . , and was beheaded on Tower Hill in 1547. The poetry of Surrey is remarkable for a flowing melody correctness of style , and purity of expression ; he was the first to introduce the sonnet and blank verse into English ...
... Henry VIII . , and was beheaded on Tower Hill in 1547. The poetry of Surrey is remarkable for a flowing melody correctness of style , and purity of expression ; he was the first to introduce the sonnet and blank verse into English ...
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... Henry VIII Wyatt was a man highly educated for his age , a great traveller , and generally accomplished . died of a fever caught by riding too fast on a hot day from Falmouth , while engaged on a mission to conduct the ambassador of the ...
... Henry VIII Wyatt was a man highly educated for his age , a great traveller , and generally accomplished . died of a fever caught by riding too fast on a hot day from Falmouth , while engaged on a mission to conduct the ambassador of the ...
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... Henry VIII . and Edward VI . , some of which are by uncertain authors , may be added , as further illustrative of the literary history of that period . The first two are amongst the earliest verses in which the metaphysical re ...
... Henry VIII . and Edward VI . , some of which are by uncertain authors , may be added , as further illustrative of the literary history of that period . The first two are amongst the earliest verses in which the metaphysical re ...
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