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... Philip Sidney ( beloved nephew of Leicester ) and Sir Edward Dyer , a close friend of the Sidneys . Philip Sidney was himself a distinguished poet in the ' sweet new style ' caught from the poetry of Italy . Dyer , an older man , was a ...
... Philip Sidney ( beloved nephew of Leicester ) and Sir Edward Dyer , a close friend of the Sidneys . Philip Sidney was himself a distinguished poet in the ' sweet new style ' caught from the poetry of Italy . Dyer , an older man , was a ...
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... Philip Sidney had not been well looked on by that gentleman . ) Spenser may indeed have gone to France on a short mission . But the extended continental service for Leicester did not come to pass . Whether the projected mission abroad ...
... Philip Sidney had not been well looked on by that gentleman . ) Spenser may indeed have gone to France on a short mission . But the extended continental service for Leicester did not come to pass . Whether the projected mission abroad ...
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... Philip Sidney . Sidney was wellborn , handsome in person , loved and admired by his fellows , his opinion sought in counsel . He had been soldier and statesman , scholar and critic , lover and poet , and writer of an Arcadian romance ...
... Philip Sidney . Sidney was wellborn , handsome in person , loved and admired by his fellows , his opinion sought in counsel . He had been soldier and statesman , scholar and critic , lover and poet , and writer of an Arcadian romance ...
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