The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser: In Five Volumes, Volume 1Little, 1848 |
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... lands of the Earl of Desmond , as a reward for his services ; and , in compliance with one of the conditions annexed to that grant , he returned to Ireland for the purpose of cultivating the land assigned to him . The castle of ...
... lands of the Earl of Desmond , as a reward for his services ; and , in compliance with one of the conditions annexed to that grant , he returned to Ireland for the purpose of cultivating the land assigned to him . The castle of ...
Page xvii
... land , In lines so elegant , of such command , That had the Thracian plaid but halfe so well , He had not left Eurydice in hell . But , e're he ended his melodious song , An host of Angels flew the clouds among , And rapt this swan from ...
... land , In lines so elegant , of such command , That had the Thracian plaid but halfe so well , He had not left Eurydice in hell . But , e're he ended his melodious song , An host of Angels flew the clouds among , And rapt this swan from ...
Page xviii
... land , ” and to point out reme- dies for them . In the course of his investigations , Spenser enters at some length into the early history and antiquities of the Irish : he displays a good deal of penetration in detecting the sources of ...
... land , ” and to point out reme- dies for them . In the course of his investigations , Spenser enters at some length into the early history and antiquities of the Irish : he displays a good deal of penetration in detecting the sources of ...
Page xxii
... land like the genius of an Arabian story , half enveloped in clouds , and rendered more gigantic and imposing from its partial obscurity . Of this fleeting form Spenser has drawn a lasting picture , which he has adorned with the richest ...
... land like the genius of an Arabian story , half enveloped in clouds , and rendered more gigantic and imposing from its partial obscurity . Of this fleeting form Spenser has drawn a lasting picture , which he has adorned with the richest ...
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... Land of Faery . " The conclusion is , that , as an allegorical poem , the method of " The Faerie Queene ' is governed by the justness of the moral : as a narrative poem , it is conducted on the ideas and usages of chivalry . In either ...
... Land of Faery . " The conclusion is , that , as an allegorical poem , the method of " The Faerie Queene ' is governed by the justness of the moral : as a narrative poem , it is conducted on the ideas and usages of chivalry . In either ...
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