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It was planned and begun (it is supposed about the year 1557) by Thomas
Sackville, then a very young man, and probably a student of law, afterwards
distinguished as a statesman, and ennobled by the titles of Lord Buckhurst and
Earl of ...
It was planned and begun (it is supposed about the year 1557) by Thomas
Sackville, then a very young man, and probably a student of law, afterwards
distinguished as a statesman, and ennobled by the titles of Lord Buckhurst and
Earl of ...
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A. From the first introduction of dramatic representations in England, probably as
early as the beginning of the twelfth century, down to the beginning of the
fifteenth, or perhaps somewhat later, the only species of drama known was that
styled ...
A. From the first introduction of dramatic representations in England, probably as
early as the beginning of the twelfth century, down to the beginning of the
fifteenth, or perhaps somewhat later, the only species of drama known was that
styled ...
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This production was printed in 1602, and was probably written not long before
that time: it has been said to be the joint production of Thomas Lodge and Robert
Greene,” the last of * By Edward Phillips, in his “Theatrum Poetarum,' 1675.
whom ...
This production was printed in 1602, and was probably written not long before
that time: it has been said to be the joint production of Thomas Lodge and Robert
Greene,” the last of * By Edward Phillips, in his “Theatrum Poetarum,' 1675.
whom ...
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The only three manuscripts of the Chester miracle-plays now extant were written
in 1600, 1604, and 1607, most probably while the plays still continued to be
acted. There is evidence that the ancient annual miracle-plays were acted at ...
The only three manuscripts of the Chester miracle-plays now extant were written
in 1600, 1604, and 1607, most probably while the plays still continued to be
acted. There is evidence that the ancient annual miracle-plays were acted at ...
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But this song is most probably not by the author of the play: it appears to be
merely a portion of a popular song of the time, which is found elsewhere
complete, and has recently been so printed, from a MS. of the sixteenth century,
by Mr. Dyce, ...
But this song is most probably not by the author of the play: it appears to be
merely a portion of a popular song of the time, which is found elsewhere
complete, and has recently been so printed, from a MS. of the sixteenth century,
by Mr. Dyce, ...
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Página 118 - Had we but world enough, and time, This coyness, lady, were no crime. We would sit down and think which way To walk, and pass our long love's day; Thou by the Indian Ganges' side Shouldst rubies find; I by the tide Of Humber would complain. I would Love you ten years before the Flood; And you should, if you please, refuse Till the conversion of the Jews.
Página 28 - Our hearts with loyal flames ; When thirsty grief in wine we steep, When healths and draughts go free, Fishes that tipple in the deep Know no such liberty.
Página 101 - All in a moment through the gloom were seen Ten thousand banners rise into the air With orient colours waving...
Página 105 - I am now indebted, as being a work not to be raised from the heat of youth or the vapours of wine, like that which flows at waste from the pen of some vulgar amorist or the trencher fury of a rhyming parasite...
Página 118 - But at my back I always hear Time's winged chariot hurrying near, And yonder all before us lie Deserts of vast eternity.
Página 56 - With a refined traveller of Spain; A man in all the world's new fashion planted, That hath a mint of phrases in his brain : One, whom the music of his own vain tongue Doth ravish, like enchanting harmony...
Página 114 - Lets in new light through chinks that Time has made: Stronger by weakness, wiser, men become As they draw near to their eternal home. Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view That stand upon the threshold of the new.
Página 77 - Jonson, which two I behold like a Spanish great galleon, and an English man-of-war ; Master Jonson (like the former) was built far higher in learning ; solid, but slow in his performances. Shakespeare...
Página 49 - Cut is the branch that might have grown full straight, And burned is Apollo's laurel bough, That sometime grew within this learned man. Faustus is gone : regard his hellish fall, Whose fiendful fortune may exhort the wise Only to wonder at unlawful things, Whose deepness doth entice such forward wits To practise more than heavenly power permits.
Página 120 - Gather the flowers, but spare the buds; Lest Flora, angry at thy crime, To kill her infants in their prime, Do quickly make th' example yours; And, ere we see, Nip in the blossom all our hopes and thee.
Informação bibliográfica
| Título | Sketches of the History of Literature and Learning in England ...: With Specimens of the Principal Writers, Volumes 3-4 Sketches of the History of Literature and Learning in England ...: With Specimens of the Principal Writers, George Lillie Craik |
| Autor | George Lillie Craik |
| Editora | C. Knight & Company, 1845 |
| Original de | Universidade da Califórnia |
| Digitalizado | 28 Nov 2007 |
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