A Compendious History of English Literature and of the English Language, from the Norman Conquest: with Numerous Specimens, Volume 2Griffin, Bohn, 1861 - English language |
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... considerable sum for a loan of the manuscript or a transcript of it . Humphrey Moseley , the publisher of the collection of Beaumont and Fletcher's plays in 1647 , after observing in his prefatory address , that his charges in bringing ...
... considerable sum for a loan of the manuscript or a transcript of it . Humphrey Moseley , the publisher of the collection of Beaumont and Fletcher's plays in 1647 , after observing in his prefatory address , that his charges in bringing ...
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... considerable amount . Giles and Phineas Fletcher were brothers , cousins of the dramatist , and both clergymen . Giles , who died in 1623 , is the author of a poem entitled Christ's Victory and Triumph in Heaven and Earth over and after ...
... considerable amount . Giles and Phineas Fletcher were brothers , cousins of the dramatist , and both clergymen . Giles , who died in 1623 , is the author of a poem entitled Christ's Victory and Triumph in Heaven and Earth over and after ...
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... considerable merit . But in many other parts it is quite gro- tesque ; and , on the whole , it is fantastic , puerile , and wearisome . Mr. Hallam thinks that Giles Fletcher , in his poem of Christ's Victory and Triumph , has shown more ...
... considerable merit . But in many other parts it is quite gro- tesque ; and , on the whole , it is fantastic , puerile , and wearisome . Mr. Hallam thinks that Giles Fletcher , in his poem of Christ's Victory and Triumph , has shown more ...
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... considerable literary acquirement , must in his poetical capacity be regarded as mainly a writer for the populace . George Herbert , a younger brother of the celebrated Edward Lord Herbert of Cherbury , was a clergyman . His volume ...
... considerable literary acquirement , must in his poetical capacity be regarded as mainly a writer for the populace . George Herbert , a younger brother of the celebrated Edward Lord Herbert of Cherbury , was a clergyman . His volume ...
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... considerably earlier date . The court of Charles I. was far from being so thoroughly French as that of Charles II ... considerable height by Malherbe , Racan , Malleville , and others ; and these writers are doubtless to be accounted ...
... considerably earlier date . The court of Charles I. was far from being so thoroughly French as that of Charles II ... considerable height by Malherbe , Racan , Malleville , and others ; and these writers are doubtless to be accounted ...
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