The Poetical Decameron, Or, Ten Conversations on English Poets and Poetry: Particularly of the Reigns of Elizabeth and James I. |
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... King , confirms , in some degree , the pleasing etymology from the French word Aube , day - break . P. 155 , 1. 18. Even down to 1640 Dr. Donne , in some verses before John Tatham's " Fancies Theatre , " is called Dun . P. 161. 1. 21 ...
... King , confirms , in some degree , the pleasing etymology from the French word Aube , day - break . P. 155 , 1. 18. Even down to 1640 Dr. Donne , in some verses before John Tatham's " Fancies Theatre , " is called Dun . P. 161. 1. 21 ...
Page xli
... King James.threw his weight into the balance against it , it was soon held in as much contempt as before it had been esteemed . P. 199. 1. 13. It is to be regretted that in the late elegant re- print of Sir J. Harington's ...
... King James.threw his weight into the balance against it , it was soon held in as much contempt as before it had been esteemed . P. 199. 1. 13. It is to be regretted that in the late elegant re- print of Sir J. Harington's ...
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... King James , and printed in 1606 , I found the following commendatory " Madrigal , " signed " W. Percy , Musophilus , " which I will read on account of its rarity , as it has not been quoted or referred to by any body since the work was ...
... King James , and printed in 1606 , I found the following commendatory " Madrigal , " signed " W. Percy , Musophilus , " which I will read on account of its rarity , as it has not been quoted or referred to by any body since the work was ...
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... king discloses his knowledge of the treasons of Cambridge , Scroope , and Gray . " The History of Sir John Oldcastle " was , in fact , the pro- duction of four Poets , Munday , Drayton , Wilson , and Hathwaye . However , we have not ...
... king discloses his knowledge of the treasons of Cambridge , Scroope , and Gray . " The History of Sir John Oldcastle " was , in fact , the pro- duction of four Poets , Munday , Drayton , Wilson , and Hathwaye . However , we have not ...
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... king . The book in question has no date ; but John Cawood , whose colophon is given at the end , printed no work that is known before 1550 . ELLIOT . Though not perhaps printed until after 1550 , if he translated it for Henry VIII . it ...
... king . The book in question has no date ; but John Cawood , whose colophon is given at the end , printed no work that is known before 1550 . ELLIOT . Though not perhaps printed until after 1550 , if he translated it for Henry VIII . it ...
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