“The” Plays of William Shakspeare ...J. Nichols and Son, 1813 |
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... Spenser , than from Homer himself . " But Shakspeare " persists Mr. Upton , " hath some Greek expressions . " Indeed ! " We have one in Coriolanus : It is held • That valour is the chiefest virtue , and • Most dignifies the haver ...
... Spenser , than from Homer himself . " But Shakspeare " persists Mr. Upton , " hath some Greek expressions . " Indeed ! " We have one in Coriolanus : It is held • That valour is the chiefest virtue , and • Most dignifies the haver ...
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... Spenser will sufficiently illustrate the passage : " The man whom heauens have ordayn'd to bee " The spouse of Britomart , is Arthegall : " He wonneth in the land of fayeree , " Yet is no fary borne , ne sib at all " To elfes , but ...
... Spenser will sufficiently illustrate the passage : " The man whom heauens have ordayn'd to bee " The spouse of Britomart , is Arthegall : " He wonneth in the land of fayeree , " Yet is no fary borne , ne sib at all " To elfes , but ...
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... Spenser . The last authentick account of them is from our countryman William Lilly ; and it by no means agrees with the learned interpretation : for the angelical creatures appeared in his Hurst wood in a most illustrious glory , " and ...
... Spenser . The last authentick account of them is from our countryman William Lilly ; and it by no means agrees with the learned interpretation : for the angelical creatures appeared in his Hurst wood in a most illustrious glory , " and ...
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... Spenser , Shakspeare , which the imitated bard could not possibly have either read or construed . This very accent has troubled the annotators on Milton . Dr. Bentley observes it to be " a tone dif- ferent from the present use . " Mr ...
... Spenser , Shakspeare , which the imitated bard could not possibly have either read or construed . This very accent has troubled the annotators on Milton . Dr. Bentley observes it to be " a tone dif- ferent from the present use . " Mr ...
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... Spenser , and every sonnetteer of the time . Nay , their very names were exhibited long before in The Romaunt of the Rose : a work , you may venture to look into , notwithstanding Master Prynne hath so positively assured us , on the ...
... Spenser , and every sonnetteer of the time . Nay , their very names were exhibited long before in The Romaunt of the Rose : a work , you may venture to look into , notwithstanding Master Prynne hath so positively assured us , on the ...
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