The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser: In Five Volumes, Volume 1Little, 1848 |
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Page ix
... person with whom he was acquainted , adds , that it " affects the credibility of his pretended introduction to Sidney on account of his presentation to him of the Ninth Canto of the First Book of The Faerie Queene ; ' for it shows that ...
... person with whom he was acquainted , adds , that it " affects the credibility of his pretended introduction to Sidney on account of his presentation to him of the Ninth Canto of the First Book of The Faerie Queene ; ' for it shows that ...
Page x
... person who presented the verses fifty pounds ; and , proceeding to the next stanza , he raised the gift to a hundred ; which , on reading a third stanza , he doubled , and commanded the steward to give it him immediately , X ON THE LIFE ...
... person who presented the verses fifty pounds ; and , proceeding to the next stanza , he raised the gift to a hundred ; which , on reading a third stanza , he doubled , and commanded the steward to give it him immediately , X ON THE LIFE ...
Page xv
... persons about the court , under feigned names , which Mr. Todd , in his Life of Spenser , has taken great pains to assign to the proper owners . Daniel and Dr. Alabaster , however , appear in their own names . This poem is only ...
... persons about the court , under feigned names , which Mr. Todd , in his Life of Spenser , has taken great pains to assign to the proper owners . Daniel and Dr. Alabaster , however , appear in their own names . This poem is only ...
Page xx
... person of consequence , is manifest from various parts of his works . In the dedication to " Colin Clouts come Home againe , " he alludes to " the malice of evil mouths , which are always wide open to carp at and miscon- strue my simple ...
... person of consequence , is manifest from various parts of his works . In the dedication to " Colin Clouts come Home againe , " he alludes to " the malice of evil mouths , which are always wide open to carp at and miscon- strue my simple ...
Page xxii
... person in vertuous and gentle discipline . " This was a noble design ; but whether , at this period , an uninterrupted series of knightly adventures was calculated to effect it , may be disputed . The poet thus proceeds in the ...
... person in vertuous and gentle discipline . " This was a noble design ; but whether , at this period , an uninterrupted series of knightly adventures was calculated to effect it , may be disputed . The poet thus proceeds in the ...
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