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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... lights as he could procure from our bibliographical miscellanies and other ordinary sources , he did not omit to avail himself of in the country ; giving them their chief use and application when in company with his friend , who only ...
... lights as he could procure from our bibliographical miscellanies and other ordinary sources , he did not omit to avail himself of in the country ; giving them their chief use and application when in company with his friend , who only ...
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... light breath that seemed to evaporate from the water without ruffling its surface , delicately cut its way , the voyagers might almost have fancied themselves in mid air in that ship of heaven so lately and so delightfully described ...
... light breath that seemed to evaporate from the water without ruffling its surface , delicately cut its way , the voyagers might almost have fancied themselves in mid air in that ship of heaven so lately and so delightfully described ...
Page xliv
... light amorous productions . P. 288. 1. 8 , for " plays " read " play . " P. 294. 1. 4. after " Gabriel " dele the comma . P. 294. 1. 5. Singer and Pope are known to have been cele- brated players of the clown's part , and from the ...
... light amorous productions . P. 288. 1. 8 , for " plays " read " play . " P. 294. 1. 4. after " Gabriel " dele the comma . P. 294. 1. 5. Singer and Pope are known to have been cele- brated players of the clown's part , and from the ...
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... light reading . BOURNE . And so it is , though a great many stanzas are printed in a small compass . MORTON . Come , the title ; otherwise we shall have preface enough for a book ten times as large . At all events the preface , if we ...
... light reading . BOURNE . And so it is , though a great many stanzas are printed in a small compass . MORTON . Come , the title ; otherwise we shall have preface enough for a book ten times as large . At all events the preface , if we ...
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... light . " BOURNE . They are by John Webster ; but no- body has carried his scepticism upon the merits of our earlier poets so far as to say , that they have no heat and no light . ELLIOT . Perhaps not ; but I cannot be without ...
... light . " BOURNE . They are by John Webster ; but no- body has carried his scepticism upon the merits of our earlier poets so far as to say , that they have no heat and no light . ELLIOT . Perhaps not ; but I cannot be without ...
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