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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... hath this day . " Here , you see , is the opinion of a man of consider- able classical attainments , living at that time , on this point ; and I might quote Chapman , the trans- lator of Homer , and various others , who have borne ...
... hath this day . " Here , you see , is the opinion of a man of consider- able classical attainments , living at that time , on this point ; and I might quote Chapman , the trans- lator of Homer , and various others , who have borne ...
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... hath thy fancy straid ; What a Chimera hast thou made To dote upon ! What would I give Old Michael Angelo revive , Make Titian , Vandyke or bold Ruben live ! " with several stanzas more , in which the thought is carried out . P. 177. 1 ...
... hath thy fancy straid ; What a Chimera hast thou made To dote upon ! What would I give Old Michael Angelo revive , Make Titian , Vandyke or bold Ruben live ! " with several stanzas more , in which the thought is carried out . P. 177. 1 ...
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... hath said with thee , like the fool in his heart , There is no GOD , ' should now giue glory vnto his greatnesse . It is pestilent Macheavilian pollicie that thou hast studied . " It is to be observed also , that T. B. just before the ...
... hath said with thee , like the fool in his heart , There is no GOD , ' should now giue glory vnto his greatnesse . It is pestilent Macheavilian pollicie that thou hast studied . " It is to be observed also , that T. B. just before the ...
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... hath songe , And thousand Echos through the world have ronge : With fames triumphant trumpet often spred From th ' Antique to th ' Antartique famosed . " ELLIOT . " Thundering Zephyrus " is at least rather new if he had applied the ...
... hath songe , And thousand Echos through the world have ronge : With fames triumphant trumpet often spred From th ' Antique to th ' Antartique famosed . " ELLIOT . " Thundering Zephyrus " is at least rather new if he had applied the ...
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... hath in his hands . " ELLIOT . Shakespeare , you know , says , " Men at some time are masters of their fates . " BOURNE . Thomas Nabbes , a too obscure poet , who wrote a little afterwards , has a fine passage in his play of Scipio and ...
... hath in his hands . " ELLIOT . Shakespeare , you know , says , " Men at some time are masters of their fates . " BOURNE . Thomas Nabbes , a too obscure poet , who wrote a little afterwards , has a fine passage in his play of Scipio and ...
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