The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser: In Five Volumes, Volume 1Little, 1848 |
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... means so clear as he represents it . The letter does not show that Spenser knew Sidney before the publication of " The Shepheards Calender . " What it does show , is , that Spenser knew Sir Philip Sidney at the date of the letter ; that ...
... means so clear as he represents it . The letter does not show that Spenser knew Sidney before the publication of " The Shepheards Calender . " What it does show , is , that Spenser knew Sir Philip Sidney at the date of the letter ; that ...
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... means makes us regret that he did not indulge more in that style of composition . IAMBICUM TRIMETRUM . Unhappie verse ! the witnesse of my unhappie state , Make thy selfe fluttring winge of thy fast flying Thought , and fly forth unto ...
... means makes us regret that he did not indulge more in that style of composition . IAMBICUM TRIMETRUM . Unhappie verse ! the witnesse of my unhappie state , Make thy selfe fluttring winge of thy fast flying Thought , and fly forth unto ...
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In Five Volumes Edmund Spenser George Stillman Hillard. and the composition mean , yet carrieth some delight , even the rather because of the simplicity and meanness thus personated . " This is in some measure a true , as it is a very ...
In Five Volumes Edmund Spenser George Stillman Hillard. and the composition mean , yet carrieth some delight , even the rather because of the simplicity and meanness thus personated . " This is in some measure a true , as it is a very ...
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... means of fame , and other sources of enjoyment . It was evident that the honors and practices of chivalry must soon terminate a reign which , whatever may be the romantic interest attached to it , had already been prolonged to a greater ...
... means of fame , and other sources of enjoyment . It was evident that the honors and practices of chivalry must soon terminate a reign which , whatever may be the romantic interest attached to it , had already been prolonged to a greater ...
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... means his fable had been of the classic kind , and its unity as strict as that of Homer and Virgil . " All this the poet knew very well , but his purpose was not to write a classic poem . He chose to adorn a Gothic story ; and , to be ...
... means his fable had been of the classic kind , and its unity as strict as that of Homer and Virgil . " All this the poet knew very well , but his purpose was not to write a classic poem . He chose to adorn a Gothic story ; and , to be ...
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