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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Page 103
... marriage to his sister , Surrey was warmly attached ; and the tender re collection of this youth , who died at the age of seventeen , often breaks out in his verses with marks of sensibility EARL OF SURREY ...............
... marriage to his sister , Surrey was warmly attached ; and the tender re collection of this youth , who died at the age of seventeen , often breaks out in his verses with marks of sensibility EARL OF SURREY ...............
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... DIED 1541 . THIS gentleman , a poet , courtier , and statesman , was one of the most distinguished ornaments of the court of Henry VIII . , as a writer inferior to his friend Surrey in elegance of fancy , and harmony and variety of num ...
... DIED 1541 . THIS gentleman , a poet , courtier , and statesman , was one of the most distinguished ornaments of the court of Henry VIII . , as a writer inferior to his friend Surrey in elegance of fancy , and harmony and variety of num ...
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... DIED 1603 . THE following ditty , or sonnet , of the Virgin Queen , is of no great value save as a curiosity , and from the secret feel- ings which dictated it . The reader may be amused to see how these verses are be - praised by ...
... DIED 1603 . THE following ditty , or sonnet , of the Virgin Queen , is of no great value save as a curiosity , and from the secret feel- ings which dictated it . The reader may be amused to see how these verses are be - praised by ...
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... DIED 1604 . THIS statesman and poet was the son of Sir Richard Sack- ville of Withyam , in Sussex . He spent a long life in the service of Queen Elizabeth , by whom he was created Lord Buckhurst . After being employed on many import ...
... DIED 1604 . THIS statesman and poet was the son of Sir Richard Sack- ville of Withyam , in Sussex . He spent a long life in the service of Queen Elizabeth , by whom he was created Lord Buckhurst . After being employed on many import ...
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... died sud- denly at the council - table . Though a man of unquestionable taste , Sackville is more important in the history of English poetry than as an . English poet . The picture of Winter , with which his introduction to the story of ...
... died sud- denly at the council - table . Though a man of unquestionable taste , Sackville is more important in the history of English poetry than as an . English poet . The picture of Winter , with which his introduction to the story of ...
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