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 vii
... specimens are introduced ; and it has therefore been a principle with him to avail him- self as little as possible of other men's labours . With regard to the manner , the form of dia- logue has been selected , as allowing more ease and ...
... specimens are introduced ; and it has therefore been a principle with him to avail him- self as little as possible of other men's labours . With regard to the manner , the form of dia- logue has been selected , as allowing more ease and ...
Page xxxix
... specimen of the most interesting portion of B. Barnes's " Four Books of Offices , " 1606. The author has been alluding to the gradual growth and improvement of the English language under Chaucer , Gower , and Lidgate , and the writers ...
... specimen of the most interesting portion of B. Barnes's " Four Books of Offices , " 1606. The author has been alluding to the gradual growth and improvement of the English language under Chaucer , Gower , and Lidgate , and the writers ...
Page xl
... specimen he has given in his " Observations in the Art of English Poesie , " 1602 , because that tract has been recently and faithfully reprinted . P. 128 , 1. 26. Restituta ought to have been mentioned as con- taining the specimens of ...
... specimen he has given in his " Observations in the Art of English Poesie , " 1602 , because that tract has been recently and faithfully reprinted . P. 128 , 1. 26. Restituta ought to have been mentioned as con- taining the specimens of ...
Page xli
... specimen is afforded of the satires . P. 231. 1. 5. The reader is desired to observe , that the quotations from Marston are from a MS . måde by the author from the original edition some years ago : he has every reason to believe however ...
... specimen is afforded of the satires . P. 231. 1. 5. The reader is desired to observe , that the quotations from Marston are from a MS . måde by the author from the original edition some years ago : he has every reason to believe however ...
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... Specimen of Lord Morley's version of the Triumph of Fame , and critical remarks - Further quotations - An original poem at the end of his translation - His Epitaph in Latin upon himself — Writers of blank - verse who preceded Milton ...
... Specimen of Lord Morley's version of the Triumph of Fame , and critical remarks - Further quotations - An original poem at the end of his translation - His Epitaph in Latin upon himself — Writers of blank - verse who preceded Milton ...
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