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 xiv
... mentioned by the three friends in succession ; Elliot dwelling chiefly upon Gray and Collins ; Bourne not forgetting the several tributes of the venerable but ne- glected Drayton ; and Morton repeating with fervour some of the finest ...
... mentioned by the three friends in succession ; Elliot dwelling chiefly upon Gray and Collins ; Bourne not forgetting the several tributes of the venerable but ne- glected Drayton ; and Morton repeating with fervour some of the finest ...
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... mentioned Spenser's 11th Canto of his fourth book , has not dreamt of starting this objection . And I should have wondered if he had ( interrupted Morton ) , for he was a poet , and knew in what spirit such personifications ought to be ...
... mentioned Spenser's 11th Canto of his fourth book , has not dreamt of starting this objection . And I should have wondered if he had ( interrupted Morton ) , for he was a poet , and knew in what spirit such personifications ought to be ...
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... mentioned , they would not for so many years have been consigned to dusty death . " As it is , nearly all that people hear of them is what the commentators on Shakespeare have been pleased to quote in the way of illustration in their ...
... mentioned , they would not for so many years have been consigned to dusty death . " As it is , nearly all that people hear of them is what the commentators on Shakespeare have been pleased to quote in the way of illustration in their ...
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... mention of the name of Robert Greene gives me an opportunity of correcting a mistake which has crept into all the lists of his productions , and particularly into that of Mr. Haslewood , in his Cens . Lit. ( VIII . 387 , 1st Edit ...
... mention of the name of Robert Greene gives me an opportunity of correcting a mistake which has crept into all the lists of his productions , and particularly into that of Mr. Haslewood , in his Cens . Lit. ( VIII . 387 , 1st Edit ...
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... mentioned as con- taining the specimens of Marlow's translation of Lucan . P. 134 , 1. 23. The name of Auberon given to the Fairy King , confirms , in some degree , the pleasing etymology from the French word Aube , day - break . P. 155 ...
... mentioned as con- taining the specimens of Marlow's translation of Lucan . P. 134 , 1. 23. The name of Auberon given to the Fairy King , confirms , in some degree , the pleasing etymology from the French word Aube , day - break . P. 155 ...
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