The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 1G. Bell, 1891 - Poetry |
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Page xii
... never been ascertained ; that her first name was Elizabeth , we learn from the seventy - fourth sonnet of his " Amoretti ; " but to what rank of life she belonged , or where her family resided , not the slightest hint is given . In the ...
... never been ascertained ; that her first name was Elizabeth , we learn from the seventy - fourth sonnet of his " Amoretti ; " but to what rank of life she belonged , or where her family resided , not the slightest hint is given . In the ...
Page xiii
... never before been suspected . Todd , and other biographers have argued that , when Edmund Spenser married , about five years before his death , he was bachelor . Of this we entertain grave doubts , not merely because it is unlikely that ...
... never before been suspected . Todd , and other biographers have argued that , when Edmund Spenser married , about five years before his death , he was bachelor . Of this we entertain grave doubts , not merely because it is unlikely that ...
Page xv
... never again learn , on the authority of the son , a single word respecting his father , nor more , regarding his mother , than that her name was Elizabeth . Either Spenser owed little to his parents , or he was some- what remiss in ...
... never again learn , on the authority of the son , a single word respecting his father , nor more , regarding his mother , than that her name was Elizabeth . Either Spenser owed little to his parents , or he was some- what remiss in ...
Page xix
... never been ascer- tained any more than the surname of Rosalind , had by treachery deprived Spenser of the lady ; and in the Eclogue for August we meet with a song in which he resigns all hope of her . This passion and its disappointment ...
... never been ascer- tained any more than the surname of Rosalind , had by treachery deprived Spenser of the lady ; and in the Eclogue for August we meet with a song in which he resigns all hope of her . This passion and its disappointment ...
Page xxi
... never have risen to the rank of a great , bold , and original writer . Spenser adopted " rustic language " with the strictest dramatic pro- priety , for he at once saw the unfitness of making herdsmen and clowns talk like kings and ...
... never have risen to the rank of a great , bold , and original writer . Spenser adopted " rustic language " with the strictest dramatic pro- priety , for he at once saw the unfitness of making herdsmen and clowns talk like kings and ...
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