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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... till 1666 , the merits and defects have been well stated , in a few comprehensive words , by Mr. Hallam : - " Shir- ley has no originality , no force in conceiving or delineating charac- ter , little of pathos , and less , perhaps , of ...
... till 1666 , the merits and defects have been well stated , in a few comprehensive words , by Mr. Hallam : - " Shir- ley has no originality , no force in conceiving or delineating charac- ter , little of pathos , and less , perhaps , of ...
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... till the end of February in the following year . In the mean time , it appears , the craving of the public for their customary enjoyment , in one shape if not in another , had tempted certain booksellers to print a number of plays ...
... till the end of February in the following year . In the mean time , it appears , the craving of the public for their customary enjoyment , in one shape if not in another , had tempted certain booksellers to print a number of plays ...
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... till 1650 , published in 1633 , along with a small collection of Pis- catory Eclogues and other Poetical Miscellanies , a long allegorical poem , entitled The Purple Island , in twelve Books or Cantos , written in a stanza of seven ...
... till 1650 , published in 1633 , along with a small collection of Pis- catory Eclogues and other Poetical Miscellanies , a long allegorical poem , entitled The Purple Island , in twelve Books or Cantos , written in a stanza of seven ...
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... till after his death , which took place in 1635. The first edition of his Poems appeared in 1647 , and there were others in 1648 and 1672 ; but the most complete collection of what he has left us is that published by the late Octavius ...
... till after his death , which took place in 1635. The first edition of his Poems appeared in 1647 , and there were others in 1648 and 1672 ; but the most complete collection of what he has left us is that published by the late Octavius ...
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... till the Revolution , and did not rise to his greatest celebrity till after the Restoration , so that he will more fitly fall to be noticed in a subsequent page . The ɔther three all belong exclusively to the times of Charles I. and of ...
... till the Revolution , and did not rise to his greatest celebrity till after the Restoration , so that he will more fitly fall to be noticed in a subsequent page . The ɔther three all belong exclusively to the times of Charles I. and of ...
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