Specimens of the Lyrical, Descriptive, and Narrative Poets of Great Britain, from Chaucer to the Present Day:: With a Preliminary Sketch of the History of Early English Poetry, and Biographical and Critical Notices, |
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... became a general favourite . These qualities recommended him to the King , who employed him on several embassies . He married very young ; but when Henry grew tired of the wife it had cost him so much to obtain - Anne Boleyn , -Wyatt ...
... became a general favourite . These qualities recommended him to the King , who employed him on several embassies . He married very young ; but when Henry grew tired of the wife it had cost him so much to obtain - Anne Boleyn , -Wyatt ...
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... became fashionable at the court of Elizabeth . This masquerade of language , and disguise of pure nonsense , was as violently patronised by the ladies of the Virgin Court as other absurdities , as great , if not quite so barefaced ...
... became fashionable at the court of Elizabeth . This masquerade of language , and disguise of pure nonsense , was as violently patronised by the ladies of the Virgin Court as other absurdities , as great , if not quite so barefaced ...
Page 126
... became vulgar as well as absurd , and so died a sudden and natural death . That Lylly could write a natural and easy style is shewn by the following specimens of his verse . .FROM ALEXANDER AND CAMPASPE . CUPID and my Campaspe play'd At ...
... became vulgar as well as absurd , and so died a sudden and natural death . That Lylly could write a natural and easy style is shewn by the following specimens of his verse . .FROM ALEXANDER AND CAMPASPE . CUPID and my Campaspe play'd At ...
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... became acquainted with Tasso . On his return he was imme- diately taken into favour by Queen Elizabeth , who sent him as ambassador to Vienna , with a secret mission to unite the Protestant states of the empire against Spain . Sydney ...
... became acquainted with Tasso . On his return he was imme- diately taken into favour by Queen Elizabeth , who sent him as ambassador to Vienna , with a secret mission to unite the Protestant states of the empire against Spain . Sydney ...
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... became a celebrated tragic poet . He had many warm admirers , and some bitter enemies . Drayton says , that he had- Of Marlowe , In him those brave translunary things That the first poets had : his raptures were All air and fire ...
... became a celebrated tragic poet . He had many warm admirers , and some bitter enemies . Drayton says , that he had- Of Marlowe , In him those brave translunary things That the first poets had : his raptures were All air and fire ...
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