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" Newe Bookes I heare of none, but only of one, that writing a certaine Booke, called THE SCHOOLE OF ABUSE, and dedicating it to Maister SIDNEY, was for hys labor scorned, if at leaste it be in the goodnesse of that nature to scorne. "
The Poetical Decameron, Or, Ten Conversations on English Poets and Poetry ... - Page 211
by John Payne Collier - 1820 - 674 pages
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The Bookworm: An Illustrated Treasury of Old-time Literature, Volume 7

Anthologies - 1894 - 396 pages
...appeared, Spenser, the poet, writing to a friend, refers to its dedication, and says that the author " was for his labour scorned : if at leaste it be in the goodnesse of that nature to scorne." The gentle Sidney could hardly feel harshly even towards an assailant of the loved art of poetry. "Such...
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Dictionary of National Biography, Volume 52

Leslie Stephen - Great Britain - 1897 - 446 pages
...certaine booke called The Schoole of Abuse, and dedicating it to Maister Sidney, was for hys labor scorned : if at leaste it be in the goodnesse of that...nature to scorne. Suche follie is it, not to regarde afore hande the inclination and qualitie of him, to whom we dedicate oure bookes.' Sidney at once set...
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Apologie for Poetrie, 1595

Sir Philip Sidney - Poetry - 1901 - 80 pages
...Maifler Sidney, was for hys labor fcorned : if at leafte it be in the goodneffe of that nature to fcorne. Suche follie is it, not to regarde aforehande the...inclination and qualitie of him, to whom we dedicate oure Bookes."* The latefl date that can poffibly be afligned to this work, is i6th November, 1585,...
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The music of Shakspere's time. The domestic life of Shakspere's time. The ...

Sidney Lanier - English poetry - 1902 - 466 pages
...Abuse, and dedicating it to Maister Sidney, was for hys labor scorned : if at leaste William Prynne it be in the goodnesse of that nature to scorne. Suche...inclination and qualitie of him, to whom we dedicate oure bookes." Gosson's book, as I said, was entered at Stationers' Hall in 1579. Now I find it easy...
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The Controversy Between the Puritans and the Stage

Elbert Nevius Sebring Thompson - Puritans - 1903 - 288 pages
...described. Gosson, it is remembered, dedicated his School of Abuse to Sidney, and was "for hys labor scorned: if at leaste it be in the goodnesse of that nature to scorne."1 As a sign of his contempt, Sidney is supposed by Arber to have issued immediately the Apology...
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Sidney's Apologie for Poetrie

Philip Sidney - Poetry - 1907 - 152 pages
...Gabriel Harvey, dated October, 1579 : ' Newe books I heare of none but only one that writing a certain booke called The Schoole of Abuse, and dedicating...it be in the goodnesse of that nature to scorne.' The exact date of the composition of the Apologie cannot be settled, but it was probably written either...
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The Complete Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser

Edmund Spenser - Poetry - 1908 - 896 pages
...Schools of Abuse, and dedicating it to Maister 70 Sidney, was for hys labor scorned : if at leastu it be in the goodnesse of that nature to scorne. Suche...aforehande the inclination and qualitie of him to whome wee dedicate oure bookes. Suche mighte I happily ineurre, entituliiig My Slomber, and the other...
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Representative Biographies of English Men of Letters

Charles Townsend Copeland, Frank Wilson Cheney Hersey - Authors, English - 1909 - 664 pages
...certaine booke called The Schoole of Abuse, and dedicating it to Maister Sidney, was for hys labor scorned : if at leaste it be in the goodnesse of that...nature to scorne. Suche follie is it, not to regarde afore hande the inclination and qualitie of him, to whom we dedicate oure bookes." Sidney at once set...
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William Hunnis and the Revels of the Chapel Royal: A Study of His Period and ...

Charlotte Carmichael Stopes - Chapels (Music) - 1910 - 402 pages
...Sidney was for his labour scorned ; if at least it be in the goodnesse of that nature to scorne. Such follie is it ' not to regarde aforehande the inclination and qualitie of him, to whom we dedicate cure Bookes ». Gosson was then in the country, writing his « Ephemerides » i58o, to which he added...
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Spenser's Shepherd's Calendar in Relation to Contemporary Affairs, Volume 2

James Jackson Higginson - 1912 - 388 pages
...certain Booke, called The Schoole of Abuse, and dedicating it to Maist.pr Sidney, was for hys labor scorned : if at leaste it be in the goodnesse of that nature to scorne. . . . Suche mighte I happily incurre entituling My Slomber and the other Pamphlets unto his honor" (Sidney)." "I...
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