“The” poetical works of Edmund SpenserPrinted under the direction of J. Bell, 1787 |
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Page xxvi
... adventures of the Trojan war : and tho ' the allusion I have ment tioned in Virgil is a circumstance which the au- thor has finely contrived to be coincident to the ge- neral frame of his story , yet he has avoided the making it plain ...
... adventures of the Trojan war : and tho ' the allusion I have ment tioned in Virgil is a circumstance which the au- thor has finely contrived to be coincident to the ge- neral frame of his story , yet he has avoided the making it plain ...
Page xxviii
... adventures are not to be understood but in a mystical sense . The episode of Calypso , though somewhat of the same kind , approaches nearer to nature and pro- bability but the story of Dido in the Æneis , though copied from the Circe ...
... adventures are not to be understood but in a mystical sense . The episode of Calypso , though somewhat of the same kind , approaches nearer to nature and pro- bability but the story of Dido in the Æneis , though copied from the Circe ...
Page xliii
... adventures that he underwent ; the end , his finding whom he sought . But here our curiosity is raised , and we want a more cir- cumstantial information of many things . - Who is this British prince ? what adventures did he undergo ...
... adventures that he underwent ; the end , his finding whom he sought . But here our curiosity is raised , and we want a more cir- cumstantial information of many things . - Who is this British prince ? what adventures did he undergo ...
Page xliv
... adventures assigned them . From either of these periods an historian might begin his narration ; but a poet must be ... adventure , that Spenser opens his Poem , and he keeps you in suspense concerning his chief hero , Prince ...
... adventures assigned them . From either of these periods an historian might begin his narration ; but a poet must be ... adventure , that Spenser opens his Poem , and he keeps you in suspense concerning his chief hero , Prince ...
Page xlv
... adventures of Prince Arthur are necessarily connected with the adventures of the knights of Fairy Land . This young prince has been kept hitherto in de signed ignorance of what relates to his family and real dig- nity : his education ...
... adventures of Prince Arthur are necessarily connected with the adventures of the knights of Fairy Land . This young prince has been kept hitherto in de signed ignorance of what relates to his family and real dig- nity : his education ...
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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