The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 1William Pickering, 1839 - English poetry |
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Page vi
... heard of Spenser , nor had seen the first edition . He calls the book ådéσπотоs , and describes it as " hoc opusculum jam pené deletum , et quasi sepultum . ' Abraham Fraunce quoted some lines of the Calendar to illustrate " Disparates ...
... heard of Spenser , nor had seen the first edition . He calls the book ådéσπотоs , and describes it as " hoc opusculum jam pené deletum , et quasi sepultum . ' Abraham Fraunce quoted some lines of the Calendar to illustrate " Disparates ...
Page xi
... heard you often defende in worde , neither so harde , nor so harshe , that it will easily and fairely yielde itselfe to our mother tongue . For the onely or chiefest hardnesse whyche seemeth , is in the accente : whyche sometime gapeth ...
... heard you often defende in worde , neither so harde , nor so harshe , that it will easily and fairely yielde itselfe to our mother tongue . For the onely or chiefest hardnesse whyche seemeth , is in the accente : whyche sometime gapeth ...
Page xvii
... heard the musicke which I made , He found himselfe full greatly pleased at it , " & c . Encouraged by his judgment , as he had been by that of Sir Philip Sidney , + Spenser soon after committed his Faerie Queene to the press : for at ...
... heard the musicke which I made , He found himselfe full greatly pleased at it , " & c . Encouraged by his judgment , as he had been by that of Sir Philip Sidney , + Spenser soon after committed his Faerie Queene to the press : for at ...
Page xlvii
... heard that within a few years , a lineal descendant and namesake of the poet Spenser was resident at Mallow ; that he was in possession of an original portrait of the poet , which he valued so highly as to refuse £ 500 which had been ...
... heard that within a few years , a lineal descendant and namesake of the poet Spenser was resident at Mallow ; that he was in possession of an original portrait of the poet , which he valued so highly as to refuse £ 500 which had been ...
Page l
... heard the celebrated Mr. James Thomson , the author of the Seasons , and justly esteemed one of our best descriptive poets , say , that he formed himself upon Spenser : " " and Upton says , * 6 * See Cibber's Lives of the Poets , vol ...
... heard the celebrated Mr. James Thomson , the author of the Seasons , and justly esteemed one of our best descriptive poets , say , that he formed himself upon Spenser : " " and Upton says , * 6 * See Cibber's Lives of the Poets , vol ...
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Archimago armes Beast behold blood brest brond brought CANTO chaunce corage courser cruell Dame deadly deare death delight despight doen doest doth dread dreadfull Duessa EDMUND SPENSER Eftsoones Elfin Knight eternall Faerie Queene Faery Knight faire faire Lady Fairy false fast fayre feare fitt flowre fowle fownd gentle goodly grace griefe grone hand hart hast hath heaven heavenly hight himselfe honour Lady late light litle living Lord mightie mote never nigh noble nought poem poet powre Pyrochles quoth rage Redcrosse Redcrosse Knight seemd seeme sence shee Shepheards Calender shew shield shyning sight Sir Guyon Sir Philip Sidney Sith sonne soone sore speach Spenser spide spright steed suddein sweet syre thee thereof thou Todd trew unto vaine verse vertues Villein wandring warre wearie weene whenas wight wondrous wonne wont wound wrath wretched wyde ydle yron
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Page 61 - O then too weake and feeble was the forse 370 Of salvage beast, his puissance to withstand: For he was strong, and of so mightie corse, As ever wielded speare in warlike hand, And feates of armes did wisely understand. Eftsoones he perced through his chaufed chest...