The Poetical Decameron, Or, Ten Conversations on English Poets and Poetry: Particularly of the Reigns of Elizabeth and James I. |
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... extracts from or criticisms upon any of our old poets , the author has either shunned the track , or has freely admitted his obligation to precursors . He knew that the chief recom- his mendation of his work , after all , would be vi ...
... extracts from or criticisms upon any of our old poets , the author has either shunned the track , or has freely admitted his obligation to precursors . He knew that the chief recom- his mendation of his work , after all , would be vi ...
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... extracts in these volumes . For the phrase- ology of our ancestors no excuse is made , be- cause it is generally better than our own , and the many existing glossaries of obsolete words have rendered such an appendage here unnecessary ...
... extracts in these volumes . For the phrase- ology of our ancestors no excuse is made , be- cause it is generally better than our own , and the many existing glossaries of obsolete words have rendered such an appendage here unnecessary ...
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... extracts from Barnabe Barnes's " Parthe- nophil and Parthenophe , " may be found in Beloe's " Anecdotes of Literature and scarce Books . " P. 15 , 1. 16. The following may be taken as a short specimen of the most interesting portion of ...
... extracts from Barnabe Barnes's " Parthe- nophil and Parthenophe , " may be found in Beloe's " Anecdotes of Literature and scarce Books . " P. 15 , 1. 16. The following may be taken as a short specimen of the most interesting portion of ...
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... extract the specimen he has given in his " Observations in the Art of English Poesie , " 1602 , because that tract has been recently and faithfully reprinted . P. 128 , 1. 26. Restituta ought to have been mentioned as con- taining the ...
... extract the specimen he has given in his " Observations in the Art of English Poesie , " 1602 , because that tract has been recently and faithfully reprinted . P. 128 , 1. 26. Restituta ought to have been mentioned as con- taining the ...
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... extracts here furnished it has been followed . P. 215 , 1. 2. Mr. Malone bought a copy of " the Returne of the Knight of the Poste from Hell , " at the sale of Mr. Isaac Reed's books , but it is plain that its contents had not been ...
... extracts here furnished it has been followed . P. 215 , 1. 2. Mr. Malone bought a copy of " the Returne of the Knight of the Poste from Hell , " at the sale of Mr. Isaac Reed's books , but it is plain that its contents had not been ...
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