The Poetical Decameron, Or, Ten Conversations on English Poets and Poetry: Particularly of the Reigns of Elizabeth and James I. |
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... valour than good luck , Unto this Drake the Spaniards duck . " BOURNE . But the best part of the joke yet remains behind , for observe in the Epistle to the Reader we have a special sentence . Greepe admits that his FIRST CONVERSATION . 45.
... valour than good luck , Unto this Drake the Spaniards duck . " BOURNE . But the best part of the joke yet remains behind , for observe in the Epistle to the Reader we have a special sentence . Greepe admits that his FIRST CONVERSATION . 45.
Page 101
... epistle , entitled " Pontius Pilate to his Lord Claudius wisheth health , " which is in blank verse , and , I believe , the only specimen by this author . MORTON . It must be a droll production - is any part worth reading ? BOURNE ...
... epistle , entitled " Pontius Pilate to his Lord Claudius wisheth health , " which is in blank verse , and , I believe , the only specimen by this author . MORTON . It must be a droll production - is any part worth reading ? BOURNE ...
Page 117
... Epistles are said to have been translated by George Turberville into blank verse , but I never saw them , nor do I recollect to have met with any Six thing of the same kind by N. Breton . We SECOND CONVERSATION . 117.
... Epistles are said to have been translated by George Turberville into blank verse , but I never saw them , nor do I recollect to have met with any Six thing of the same kind by N. Breton . We SECOND CONVERSATION . 117.
Page 150
... Epistles in his " Fig for Momus " -The 5th Epistle addressed to Michael Drayton - Drayton's celebrity - A poem of great rarity dedicated to him called " The Metamorphosis of Tobacco , " 1602 - Account of it - Spenser on the virtues of ...
... Epistles in his " Fig for Momus " -The 5th Epistle addressed to Michael Drayton - Drayton's celebrity - A poem of great rarity dedicated to him called " The Metamorphosis of Tobacco , " 1602 - Account of it - Spenser on the virtues of ...
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... epistle before his poem called " The Progresse of the Soule , " is dated 16th August , 1601 ; other poems to Ben Jonson are in 1603 , and what is very remarkable is that in the collection of Ben Jonson's works , in 1616 , is an epigram ...
... epistle before his poem called " The Progresse of the Soule , " is dated 16th August , 1601 ; other poems to Ben Jonson are in 1603 , and what is very remarkable is that in the collection of Ben Jonson's works , in 1616 , is an epigram ...
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