The Poetical Decameron, Or, Ten Conversations on English Poets and Poetry: Particularly of the Reigns of Elizabeth and James I.A. Constable & Company, 1820 - English poetry |
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Page xii
... facts of importance and books of value , that had escaped the researches of some of the most indefatigable antiquaries . Yet it could not be said that the latter was more than very slightly infected with what has been termed the black ...
... facts of importance and books of value , that had escaped the researches of some of the most indefatigable antiquaries . Yet it could not be said that the latter was more than very slightly infected with what has been termed the black ...
Page xvi
... joking spirit ) , that for such a matter of fact critic , who will have the limits of every thing so exactly defined , the architect of London Bridge has been the best commentator , and has done all that can xvi INDUCTION .
... joking spirit ) , that for such a matter of fact critic , who will have the limits of every thing so exactly defined , the architect of London Bridge has been the best commentator , and has done all that can xvi INDUCTION .
Page xxv
... fact alone , without any of the other thousand proofs he has afforded , is sufficient to satisfy those who have even looked at Watson's " ExaтoμTalia , or pas- sionate Century of Love , " that Steevens had not the slightest feeling of ...
... fact alone , without any of the other thousand proofs he has afforded , is sufficient to satisfy those who have even looked at Watson's " ExaтoμTalia , or pas- sionate Century of Love , " that Steevens had not the slightest feeling of ...
Page xxvii
... fact was , that in the mean time it had been found that the first part of Henry VI . was probably not Shakespeare's , and then all the passages which this sagacious annotator had before been convinced were " evident Shakespearianisms ...
... fact was , that in the mean time it had been found that the first part of Henry VI . was probably not Shakespeare's , and then all the passages which this sagacious annotator had before been convinced were " evident Shakespearianisms ...
Page xxx
... facts , and his dissertations on Fairies , Witches , & c . have some novelty , and learning ; but I do not think he introduces a single anecdote of , or line regarding our great dramatist that had not been discovered before his chief ...
... facts , and his dissertations on Fairies , Witches , & c . have some novelty , and learning ; but I do not think he introduces a single anecdote of , or line regarding our great dramatist that had not been discovered before his chief ...
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