A Compendious History of English Literature, and of the English Language, from the Norman Conquest: With Numerous Specimens, Volume 2Charles Griffin & Company, 1871 - English language |
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... John's Street . It had been usual to shut up the theatres when the plague was in London , with the view of preventing such concourses of people as it was thought might help to spread the disease , and on such occasions the players were ...
... John's Street . It had been usual to shut up the theatres when the plague was in London , with the view of preventing such concourses of people as it was thought might help to spread the disease , and on such occasions the players were ...
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... John's Street were apprehended by troopers , their clothes taken away , and themselves carried to prison . " It appears , also , that in some of the country parts of the kingdom strolling players continued for some years to set the law ...
... John's Street were apprehended by troopers , their clothes taken away , and themselves carried to prison . " It appears , also , that in some of the country parts of the kingdom strolling players continued for some years to set the law ...
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... John Suckling , who moved gayly and thoughtlessly through his short life as through a dance or a merry game , died , in 1641 , at that of thirty - two . Suckling , who is the author of a small collec- tion of poems , as well as of four ...
... John Suckling , who moved gayly and thoughtlessly through his short life as through a dance or a merry game , died , in 1641 , at that of thirty - two . Suckling , who is the author of a small collec- tion of poems , as well as of four ...
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... John Denham , first published in 1642. It immediately drew universal attention . Denham , however , had the Denham , however , had the year before made himself known as a poet by his tragedy of The Sophy , on the appearance of which ...
... John Denham , first published in 1642. It immediately drew universal attention . Denham , however , had the Denham , however , had the year before made himself known as a poet by his tragedy of The Sophy , on the appearance of which ...
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... John Cleveland , the most popular verse - writer of his own day , the most neglected of all his contemporaries ever since . Among the one hundred and sixty - one poets , from Robert of Gloucester to Sir Francis Fane , whose choicest ...
... John Cleveland , the most popular verse - writer of his own day , the most neglected of all his contemporaries ever since . Among the one hundred and sixty - one poets , from Robert of Gloucester to Sir Francis Fane , whose choicest ...
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