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
... tracts that have hitherto escaped notice . In executing this task , the author has been chiefly indebted to his own industry aided by good fortune , which , as a reward for his early and zealous attachment to the pursuit , seemed to ...
... tracts that have hitherto escaped notice . In executing this task , the author has been chiefly indebted to his own industry aided by good fortune , which , as a reward for his early and zealous attachment to the pursuit , seemed to ...
Page xxxvii
... tracts that have no immediate interest are often not unimportant as illustrating the state of feeling , opinion , or society at the time they were written .. I agree with you thus far , that mere rarity , unconnected with all other ...
... tracts that have no immediate interest are often not unimportant as illustrating the state of feeling , opinion , or society at the time they were written .. I agree with you thus far , that mere rarity , unconnected with all other ...
Page xl
... tract on the death of Sir P. Sidney , where Spenser's " Shepherd's Calendar " is unaccountably attributed to Sidney , that the author , in an address prefixed , excuses the delay that had taken place , and mentions one advantage arising ...
... tract on the death of Sir P. Sidney , where Spenser's " Shepherd's Calendar " is unaccountably attributed to Sidney , that the author , in an address prefixed , excuses the delay that had taken place , and mentions one advantage arising ...
Page xli
... Goddard's " Satyricall Dialogue , " & c . between Alexander and Diogenes , that the title was inserted ( though incorrectly ) in Cens . Lit. IV . 216 , ( 1st edit . ) . Another tract by the NOTES AND CORRECTIONS . xli.
... Goddard's " Satyricall Dialogue , " & c . between Alexander and Diogenes , that the title was inserted ( though incorrectly ) in Cens . Lit. IV . 216 , ( 1st edit . ) . Another tract by the NOTES AND CORRECTIONS . xli.
Page xlii
... tract by the same author , " A Neaste of Waspes , " & c . of which I had not heard , is also there noticed . P. 328 , 1. 21. S. Rowland's " Letting of Humours blood in the head - vaine , " 1600 , has been reprinted in Edinburgh , under ...
... tract by the same author , " A Neaste of Waspes , " & c . of which I had not heard , is also there noticed . P. 328 , 1. 21. S. Rowland's " Letting of Humours blood in the head - vaine , " 1600 , has been reprinted in Edinburgh , under ...
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