The Poetical Works of Edmund SpenserH. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1921 - 736 pages |
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... side of Spenser which he was able to appreciate , and also that style which both in his prose and verse he himself attempted to achieve . Like many another minor poet , he thought too well of his own compositions , and the fact that ...
... side of Spenser which he was able to appreciate , and also that style which both in his prose and verse he himself attempted to achieve . Like many another minor poet , he thought too well of his own compositions , and the fact that ...
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... about his verse . Human probability is all on the side of the sincerity of his attachment . 1 Familiar Letters , infra , p . 625 . This love remained an integral part of his imaginative experience SPENSER AND ROSALIND ' . xi.
... about his verse . Human probability is all on the side of the sincerity of his attachment . 1 Familiar Letters , infra , p . 625 . This love remained an integral part of his imaginative experience SPENSER AND ROSALIND ' . xi.
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... side of Spenser had now the upper hand . Poetry was a noble pastime , even a vocation , but for a gentleman it was not a profession . All it could do for him would be to bring his talents to the notice of those who were in the position ...
... side of Spenser had now the upper hand . Poetry was a noble pastime , even a vocation , but for a gentleman it was not a profession . All it could do for him would be to bring his talents to the notice of those who were in the position ...
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... side of court life , which had disgusted him ten years before , were now in- tensified . It was probably when he saw that all his hopes were frustrate and that nothing could be gained by a silence intolerable to his impulsive nature ...
... side of court life , which had disgusted him ten years before , were now in- tensified . It was probably when he saw that all his hopes were frustrate and that nothing could be gained by a silence intolerable to his impulsive nature ...
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... side of his nature could only find its realization in retirement with the Muses . Part of the satire in Mother Hubberds Tale is implicitly directed at the poet for going to court ; and though to the end of his life there were moments in ...
... side of his nature could only find its realization in retirement with the Muses . Part of the satire in Mother Hubberds Tale is implicitly directed at the poet for going to court ; and though to the end of his life there were moments in ...
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