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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... written in stanzas somewhat like those of Spenser , only containing eight lines each instead of nine : both the Fletchers , indeed , were pro- fessed disciples and imitators of the great author of the Fairy Queen . Phineas , who ...
... written in stanzas somewhat like those of Spenser , only containing eight lines each instead of nine : both the Fletchers , indeed , were pro- fessed disciples and imitators of the great author of the Fairy Queen . Phineas , who ...
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... written , and there are very few of them not defaced by some harshness or deformity ; but a few of his best pieces are as sweetly versified as Carew's , with perhaps greater variety of fancy as well as more of vital force ; and a tone ...
... written , and there are very few of them not defaced by some harshness or deformity ; but a few of his best pieces are as sweetly versified as Carew's , with perhaps greater variety of fancy as well as more of vital force ; and a tone ...
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... but the fame of his principal poem has thrown every- thing else he has written into the shade . It is remarkable that many biographical notices of this poet make him to have 22 22 ENGLISH LITERATURE AND LANGUAGE . Denham.
... but the fame of his principal poem has thrown every- thing else he has written into the shade . It is remarkable that many biographical notices of this poet make him to have 22 22 ENGLISH LITERATURE AND LANGUAGE . Denham.
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... written on the subject , forms the prin- cipal article ( extending over more than 130 pages ) of Mr. Wilmott's Lives of Sacred Poets ( 8vo . Lon . 1834 ) . Much injustice , however , has been done to Wither by the hasty judg- ment that ...
... written on the subject , forms the prin- cipal article ( extending over more than 130 pages ) of Mr. Wilmott's Lives of Sacred Poets ( 8vo . Lon . 1834 ) . Much injustice , however , has been done to Wither by the hasty judg- ment that ...
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... 1590 , and he is supposed to have died in 1645. It is remarkable that , if he lived to so late a date , he should not have written more than he appears to have done the two parts of his Britannia's Pastorals were reprinted BROWNE . 43.
... 1590 , and he is supposed to have died in 1645. It is remarkable that , if he lived to so late a date , he should not have written more than he appears to have done the two parts of his Britannia's Pastorals were reprinted BROWNE . 43.
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