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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... in October , 1647 , entitled , " For the better suppression of stage - plays , interludes , and com- 1 Collier , Hist . Dram . Poet . ii . 106 . mon players , " by which the lord - mayor 14 ENGLISH LITERATURE AND LANGUAGE .
... in October , 1647 , entitled , " For the better suppression of stage - plays , interludes , and com- 1 Collier , Hist . Dram . Poet . ii . 106 . mon players , " by which the lord - mayor 14 ENGLISH LITERATURE AND LANGUAGE .
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... entitled Christ's Victory and Triumph in Heaven and Earth over and after Death , which was published in a quarto volume in 1610 . It is divided into four parts , and is written in stanzas somewhat like those of Spenser , only containing ...
... entitled Christ's Victory and Triumph in Heaven and Earth over and after Death , which was published in a quarto volume in 1610 . It is divided into four parts , and is written in stanzas somewhat like those of Spenser , only containing ...
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... entitled The Temple , was first published soon after his death in 1633 , and was at least six or seven times reprinted in the course of the next quarter of a century . His biographer , Izaak Walton , tells us that when he wrote , in the ...
... entitled The Temple , was first published soon after his death in 1633 , and was at least six or seven times reprinted in the course of the next quarter of a century . His biographer , Izaak Walton , tells us that when he wrote , in the ...
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... entitled Lucasta , published in 1649 ; the other entitled Posthume Poems , published by his brother in 1659 , the year after the author's death.1 They consist principally of songs and other short pieces . Lovelace's songs , which are ...
... entitled Lucasta , published in 1649 ; the other entitled Posthume Poems , published by his brother in 1659 , the year after the author's death.1 They consist principally of songs and other short pieces . Lovelace's songs , which are ...
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... quoted in illustration of this popular notion from " a rare book entitled Recreation for Ingenious Head Pieces , & c . , 8vo , Lon . 1667. " He would have kissed her once or twice , But 30 ENGLISH LITERATURE AND LANGUAGE .
... quoted in illustration of this popular notion from " a rare book entitled Recreation for Ingenious Head Pieces , & c . , 8vo , Lon . 1667. " He would have kissed her once or twice , But 30 ENGLISH LITERATURE AND LANGUAGE .
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