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Edmund Spenser. URICH EDMUND SPENCER . From an Original in Lord Chesterfields Collection. Front Cover.
Edmund Spenser. URICH EDMUND SPENCER . From an Original in Lord Chesterfields Collection. Front Cover.
Page viii
... Lord Trea- surer Burleigh had not , it seems , the same taste of Spenser's merit with Sir Philip Sidney ; and , whe- ther out of neglect , or any particular resentment , or from whatever cause , he is said to have intercepted the ...
... Lord Trea- surer Burleigh had not , it seems , the same taste of Spenser's merit with Sir Philip Sidney ; and , whe- ther out of neglect , or any particular resentment , or from whatever cause , he is said to have intercepted the ...
Page ix
... Lord Treasurer , who per- haps at first only neglected Spenser , conceived after- wards a hatred of him , for some reflections which he apprehended were made on him in his Mother Hub- berd's Tale . In this poem the Author has indeed ...
... Lord Treasurer , who per- haps at first only neglected Spenser , conceived after- wards a hatred of him , for some reflections which he apprehended were made on him in his Mother Hub- berd's Tale . In this poem the Author has indeed ...
Page x
... Lord Treasurer Burleigh , objecting to it , said , with some scorn of the poet , " What ! all this for a song ? " The Queen replied , " Then give him what is reason . " Spen- ser waited for some time ; but had the mortification to find ...
... Lord Treasurer Burleigh , objecting to it , said , with some scorn of the poet , " What ! all this for a song ? " The Queen replied , " Then give him what is reason . " Spen- ser waited for some time ; but had the mortification to find ...
Page xi
... Lord Treasurer , yet we find him , some time af ter his appearance at Court , in considerable esteem with the most eminent men of that time . In the year 1579 , he was sent abroad by the Earl of Leicester , as appears by a copy of Latin ...
... Lord Treasurer , yet we find him , some time af ter his appearance at Court , in considerable esteem with the most eminent men of that time . In the year 1579 , he was sent abroad by the Earl of Leicester , as appears by a copy of Latin ...
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adventures Allegory Archimago armes beast beauty behold blood Book brest CANTO chaunce chaunst corage courser cruell dame deadly deare death devize doth dread dreadfull EDMUND SPENSER Elfin Knight enimy eternall eyes fable Faery knight Faery Queene faire faire lady Fairy false Duessa fast fayre feare feeble flowre fowle gentle goodly grace griefe grone Guyon hand hart hast hath heaven heavenly hight himselfe honour ioyous lady light living wight Lord mightie Muse never nigh noble nought poem poets powre prince proud quoth rage Red-crosse knight seemd seems selfe sence Shee shew shield shyning sight Sir Philip Sidney Sith sonne sore speach Spenser spide spright staind steed suddein sunne sweet syre thee thou traveiled trew unto vaine verse vertues wandring warre wearie weene whenas wize wondrous wonne wont wound wrath wretched wyde yron