The Poetical Decameron, Or, Ten Conversations on English Poets and Poetry: Particularly of the Reigns of Elizabeth and James I. |
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Particularly of the Reigns of Elizabeth and James I. John Payne Collier. 1 THE POETICAL DECAMERON , OR TEN CONVERSATIONS ON ENGLISH POETS.
Particularly of the Reigns of Elizabeth and James I. John Payne Collier. 1 THE POETICAL DECAMERON , OR TEN CONVERSATIONS ON ENGLISH POETS.
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... the succeeding conversa- tions , the seventh , which can be properly called miscellaneous , for all the rest have one leading object , more or less strictly pursued . Thus in the first , a very rare poem of much talent PREFACE . vii.
... the succeeding conversa- tions , the seventh , which can be properly called miscellaneous , for all the rest have one leading object , more or less strictly pursued . Thus in the first , a very rare poem of much talent PREFACE . vii.
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... poem of much talent by Fitzgeffrey , may be said to be the ground - work ; all the digressions in their degrees ... poems , independently of such as the author had introduced in his progress in furtherance of the main designs . The ...
... poem of much talent by Fitzgeffrey , may be said to be the ground - work ; all the digressions in their degrees ... poems , independently of such as the author had introduced in his progress in furtherance of the main designs . The ...
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... poets found an admirer in Elliot , and undoubtedly since the era the writers of which Bourne had particularly studied , there never has been a time when the laurel has flourished in this kingdom with greater beauty or vigour . Of late ...
... poets found an admirer in Elliot , and undoubtedly since the era the writers of which Bourne had particularly studied , there never has been a time when the laurel has flourished in this kingdom with greater beauty or vigour . Of late ...
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... poets I have 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 ...
... poets I have 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 ...
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