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 ix
... tion that others , who might have been more com- petent to apply them to advantage , had not en- joyed . He was unknown to the literary world ; and though , had he stated any important object , the libraries of many collectors would no ...
... tion that others , who might have been more com- petent to apply them to advantage , had not en- joyed . He was unknown to the literary world ; and though , had he stated any important object , the libraries of many collectors would no ...
Page xiv
... tion , criticism or quotation be offered , what other matter of discussion can be found that will so well bear repeating ? But in truth it is as impossible to exhaust such a source of enjoyment , as that the great stream on which the ...
... tion , criticism or quotation be offered , what other matter of discussion can be found that will so well bear repeating ? But in truth it is as impossible to exhaust such a source of enjoyment , as that the great stream on which the ...
Page xxi
... tion , confining the remark merely to poetry . " For out of the old fields , as men saith , Cometh all this new corn fro year to year , And out of old books , in good faith , Cometh all this new science that men lere ; " is the language ...
... tion , confining the remark merely to poetry . " For out of the old fields , as men saith , Cometh all this new corn fro year to year , And out of old books , in good faith , Cometh all this new science that men lere ; " is the language ...
Page xlviii
... tion from it regarding Mary Queen of Scots - W . Vallan's " Tale of two Swannes , " 1590 - Christopher Marlow's transla- tion of the first book of Lucan's Pharsalia , 1600 , in blank - verse , with specimens and observations - Cause of ...
... tion from it regarding Mary Queen of Scots - W . Vallan's " Tale of two Swannes , " 1590 - Christopher Marlow's transla- tion of the first book of Lucan's Pharsalia , 1600 , in blank - verse , with specimens and observations - Cause of ...
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... tion of the work before us : had he been older and more discreet , he would most likely have omitted some parts , and chastened and moderated a good ` deal of the rest ; but a correct taste was not to be expected from such youth ...
... tion of the work before us : had he been older and more discreet , he would most likely have omitted some parts , and chastened and moderated a good ` deal of the rest ; but a correct taste was not to be expected from such youth ...
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