Specimens of the early English poets [ed. by G. Ellis.]. To which is prefixed an historical sketch of the rise and progress of the English poetry and language. By G. Ellis, Volume 21801 |
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... elegant literature in Eng- land . His title to the crown was so undoubted , that it left him no apprehension of a rival , and fully secured his subjects against the recurrence of those sanguinary civil wars , which had so long desolated ...
... elegant literature in Eng- land . His title to the crown was so undoubted , that it left him no apprehension of a rival , and fully secured his subjects against the recurrence of those sanguinary civil wars , which had so long desolated ...
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... elegant language . This excellence principally recommended them to the notice of Dr. Johnson , who has printed many of them in the introduction to his Dictionary ; and for this reason the insertion of a specimen here seems unnecessary ...
... elegant language . This excellence principally recommended them to the notice of Dr. Johnson , who has printed many of them in the introduction to his Dictionary ; and for this reason the insertion of a specimen here seems unnecessary ...
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... elegant turn of humour which was so long the delight and admira- tion of an English court . His " Spider and Flie " is utterly contemptible ; a less tiresome work is his " Dialogue , containing the number of the effec- " tual proverbs ...
... elegant turn of humour which was so long the delight and admira- tion of an English court . His " Spider and Flie " is utterly contemptible ; a less tiresome work is his " Dialogue , containing the number of the effec- " tual proverbs ...
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... elegant and faithful , was published in 1557. This curious work has been reprinted from a copy preserved in Dulwich college library , and it is hoped , will soon be given to the public . For a more particular account of this ...
... elegant and faithful , was published in 1557. This curious work has been reprinted from a copy preserved in Dulwich college library , and it is hoped , will soon be given to the public . For a more particular account of this ...
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... elegant for the age ; and almost all 66 amatory . From p . 192 to 211 of lord Hailes's Collection 66 are seven of this poet's pieces , and in the Bannatyne MSS . are seventeen more , unpublished . He stands at the head " of the minor ...
... elegant for the age ; and almost all 66 amatory . From p . 192 to 211 of lord Hailes's Collection 66 are seven of this poet's pieces , and in the Bannatyne MSS . are seventeen more , unpublished . He stands at the head " of the minor ...
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