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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... William Caxton , Chaucer's Tomb , Tabard Inn , Southwark , Cathedral of ... William Tyndale , 14 Monument of Bacon , · 241 View of Ury House , 461 14 Portrait of Sir ... Davenant , 146 Portrait of John Milton , 328 View of Pope's Villa ...
... William Caxton , Chaucer's Tomb , Tabard Inn , Southwark , Cathedral of ... William Tyndale , 14 Monument of Bacon , · 241 View of Ury House , 461 14 Portrait of Sir ... Davenant , 146 Portrait of John Milton , 328 View of Pope's Villa ...
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... WILLIAM DAVENANT , • Christmas , 127 To the Queen , • WILLIAM BROWNE , 123 Song ( The lark now leaves his watery nest ) , A Descriptive Sketch , 128 Description of the Virgin Birtha , Evening , 128 JOHN CLEVELAND , • Night , 129 On ...
... WILLIAM DAVENANT , • Christmas , 127 To the Queen , • WILLIAM BROWNE , 123 Song ( The lark now leaves his watery nest ) , A Descriptive Sketch , 128 Description of the Virgin Birtha , Evening , 128 JOHN CLEVELAND , • Night , 129 On ...
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... Davenant and Dryden . Mr Southey has remarked that Sir John Davies and Sir William Davenant , avoiding equally the opposite faults of too artificial and too careless a style , wrote in numbers which , for precision , and clearness , and ...
... Davenant and Dryden . Mr Southey has remarked that Sir John Davies and Sir William Davenant , avoiding equally the opposite faults of too artificial and too careless a style , wrote in numbers which , for precision , and clearness , and ...
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... WILLIAM DAVENANT . SIR WILLIAM DAVENANT , whose life occupies an important space in the history of the stage , preced- ing and after the Restoration , wrote a heroic poem entitled Gondibert , and some copies of miscellaneous verses .
... WILLIAM DAVENANT . SIR WILLIAM DAVENANT , whose life occupies an important space in the history of the stage , preced- ing and after the Restoration , wrote a heroic poem entitled Gondibert , and some copies of miscellaneous verses .
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... Davenant brought out his opera , the Siege of Rhodes , in the year 1656. Two years afterwards , he removed to the ... William Hunnis : 1585. ] O Lord my God , I wandered have As one that runs astray , And have in thought , in word , and ...
... Davenant brought out his opera , the Siege of Rhodes , in the year 1656. Two years afterwards , he removed to the ... William Hunnis : 1585. ] O Lord my God , I wandered have As one that runs astray , And have in thought , in word , and ...
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