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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... Poets . Quarles . Herbert . Herrick . Crashaw Cartwright . Randolph . Corbet . - Poets of the French School . Carew . Lovelace . Suckling Denham Cleveland Wither Browne ( William ) Prose Writers . Charles E Milton's Prose Works Hales ...
... Poets . Quarles . Herbert . Herrick . Crashaw Cartwright . Randolph . Corbet . - Poets of the French School . Carew . Lovelace . Suckling Denham Cleveland Wither Browne ( William ) Prose Writers . Charles E Milton's Prose Works Hales ...
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... published 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 .
... published 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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... poet himself as it is by his readers : here , the allegory is the soul of every stanza and of every line , —that which gives to the whole work whatever mean- VOL . II . 3 99 -- ing , and consequently whatever poetry , it possesses ...
... poet himself as it is by his readers : here , the allegory is the soul of every stanza and of every line , —that which gives to the whole work whatever mean- VOL . II . 3 99 -- ing , and consequently whatever poetry , it possesses ...
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... poets of the seventeenth century , see Lives of Sacred Poets , by the Rev. Robert Aris Willmott , 12mo , Lon . 1834 ; and an article on The Character and Progress of Religious Poetry , in the Church of England Quarterly Review for ...
... poets of the seventeenth century , see Lives of Sacred Poets , by the Rev. Robert Aris Willmott , 12mo , Lon . 1834 ; and an article on The Character and Progress of Religious Poetry , in the Church of England Quarterly Review for ...
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... poets of this earlier half of the seventeenth century was Dr. Richard Corbet , successively Bishop of Oxford and of Norwich . Corbet , who was born in 1582 , became famous both as a poet and as a wit early in the reign of James ; but ...
... poets of this earlier half of the seventeenth century was Dr. Richard Corbet , successively Bishop of Oxford and of Norwich . Corbet , who was born in 1582 , became famous both as a poet and as a wit early in the reign of James ; but ...
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