The Poetical Decameron, Or, Ten Conversations on English Poets and Poetry: Particularly of the Reigns of Elizabeth and James I. |
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Page iii
... Spenser F. Q. B. II . c . 10 . IN TWO VOLUMES . VOL . I. PRINTED FOR ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE AND CO . EDINBURGH ; AND HURST , ROBINSON , AND CO . CHEAPSide , London . 1820 . t PREFACE . THE intention of the author has been.
... Spenser F. Q. B. II . c . 10 . IN TWO VOLUMES . VOL . I. PRINTED FOR ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE AND CO . EDINBURGH ; AND HURST , ROBINSON , AND CO . CHEAPSide , London . 1820 . t PREFACE . THE intention of the author has been.
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... Spenser , Shakespeare , and Jonson , every body knows a little , and any body may know a great deal ; but Bourne thought that there must be something about their friends , acquaintances , and literary contemporaries , worth learning ...
... Spenser , Shakespeare , and Jonson , every body knows a little , and any body may know a great deal ; but Bourne thought that there must be something about their friends , acquaintances , and literary contemporaries , worth learning ...
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... Spenser through , and of Ben Jonson , Mas- singer , and our re - published dramatists , he knew more than many . The difference , therefore , be- tween him and Bourne was exactly this : he was acquainted with what every other person may ...
... Spenser through , and of Ben Jonson , Mas- singer , and our re - published dramatists , he knew more than many . The difference , therefore , be- tween him and Bourne was exactly this : he was acquainted with what every other person may ...
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... the mar- riage of the Thames and Medway , in the fourth book of the Fairy Queen . This introduced a short discussion , commenced by Elliot , who remarked that he did not exactly understand the distinction Spenser had xiv INDUCTION .
... the mar- riage of the Thames and Medway , in the fourth book of the Fairy Queen . This introduced a short discussion , commenced by Elliot , who remarked that he did not exactly understand the distinction Spenser had xiv INDUCTION .
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... Spenser had taken between " the noble Thames with all his goodly train , " destined to wed " the proud Nymph " Medway , and " the ancient Thame , " who was represented as the father of " the jolly bridegroom . " He was not sufficiently ...
... Spenser had taken between " the noble Thames with all his goodly train , " destined to wed " the proud Nymph " Medway , and " the ancient Thame , " who was represented as the father of " the jolly bridegroom . " He was not sufficiently ...
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