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 xi
... thought that there must be something about their friends , acquaintances , and literary contemporaries , worth learning , and he thought rightly . Morton could.
... thought that there must be something about their friends , acquaintances , and literary contemporaries , worth learning , and he thought rightly . Morton could.
Page xii
... thought rightly . Morton could only enter into the subject at intervals , but such 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 ...
... thought rightly . Morton could only enter into the subject at intervals , but such 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 ...
Page xvii
... thought that all parts of the river above bridge were to be considered as the father , and all below as the son ; for you will observe the difference between the burden he has imposed upon the one and upon the other nothing heavier than ...
... thought that all parts of the river above bridge were to be considered as the father , and all below as the son ; for you will observe the difference between the burden he has imposed upon the one and upon the other nothing heavier than ...
Page xxv
... thought Watson as good a writer of sonnets as Shakespeare ? The same ( rejoined Bourne ) ; adding elsewhere , I think , that the force of an act of Parliament could not compel the reading of Shakespeare's minor poems . This fact alone ...
... thought Watson as good a writer of sonnets as Shakespeare ? The same ( rejoined Bourne ) ; adding elsewhere , I think , that the force of an act of Parliament could not compel the reading of Shakespeare's minor poems . This fact alone ...
Page xxx
... thought that Dr. Farmer , who was a man of learning and judgment ( resumed Bourne ) , was playing off a joke upon the credulity of poor Steevens , never imagining that it could be taken seriously that Shakespeare had put into the mouth ...
... thought that Dr. Farmer , who was a man of learning and judgment ( resumed Bourne ) , was playing off a joke upon the credulity of poor Steevens , never imagining that it could be taken seriously that Shakespeare had put into the mouth ...
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