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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... written in stanzas somewhat like those of Spenser , only containing eight lines each instead of nine : both the Fletchers , indeed , were professed disciples and imitators of the great author of the Fairy Queen . Phineas , who survived ...
... written in stanzas somewhat like those of Spenser , only containing eight lines each instead of nine : both the Fletchers , indeed , were professed disciples and imitators of the great author of the Fairy Queen . Phineas , who survived ...
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... written , and there are very few of them not defaced by some harsh- ness or deformity ; but a few of his best pieces are as sweetly ver- sified as Carew's , with perhaps greater variety of fancy as well as more of vital force ; and a ...
... written , and there are very few of them not defaced by some harsh- ness or deformity ; but a few of his best pieces are as sweetly ver- sified as Carew's , with perhaps greater variety of fancy as well as more of vital force ; and a ...
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... written on the subject , forms the principal 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 judgment that has ...
... written on the subject , forms the principal 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 judgment that has ...
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... written more than he appears to have done : the two parts of his Britannia's Pastorals were reprinted together in 1625 ; and a piece called The Inner Temple Masque , and a few short poems , were published for the first time in an ...
... written more than he appears to have done : the two parts of his Britannia's Pastorals were reprinted together in 1625 ; and a piece called The Inner Temple Masque , and a few short poems , were published for the first time in an ...
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... written and published in England in the middle portion of the seventeenth century , or the twenty years preceding the Restoration , was political and theological , but very little of it has any claim to be considered as belonging to the ...
... written and published in England in the middle portion of the seventeenth century , or the twenty years preceding the Restoration , was political and theological , but very little of it has any claim to be considered as belonging to the ...
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