Encyclopaedia of English and American Poetry: From Caedmon and King Alfred's Boethius to Browning and Tennyson, Volume 1Ward, 1873 - American poetry |
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... born 1465 , died 1530 . Dunbar was a native of Salton , East Lothian , Scotland . He received his education at the University of St. Andrew . He became a Franciscan friar , and preached in Scotland , England , and France . James IV ...
... born 1465 , died 1530 . Dunbar was a native of Salton , East Lothian , Scotland . He received his education at the University of St. Andrew . He became a Franciscan friar , and preached in Scotland , England , and France . James IV ...
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... born at Allington Castle , in Kent , in 1503. He was educated at the University of Cambridge . He married early , and was in great repute with Henry VIII . , who sent him on many difficult missions , in all of which he showed great ...
... born at Allington Castle , in Kent , in 1503. He was educated at the University of Cambridge . He married early , and was in great repute with Henry VIII . , who sent him on many difficult missions , in all of which he showed great ...
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... born 1536 , died 1608 , was distinguished both by high official position , Lord High Treasurer of England , and poetical eminence . He was one of the commissioners who tried Mary Queen of Scots , and it was he who was deputed to ...
... born 1536 , died 1608 , was distinguished both by high official position , Lord High Treasurer of England , and poetical eminence . He was one of the commissioners who tried Mary Queen of Scots , and it was he who was deputed to ...
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... born at Penhurst , in Kent , in 1554. He was a chivalrous English soldier and poet . In his fifteenth year he was sent to Christ Church , Oxford , and at the age of seventeen he went on his travels . He was in Paris during the massacre ...
... born at Penhurst , in Kent , in 1554. He was a chivalrous English soldier and poet . In his fifteenth year he was sent to Christ Church , Oxford , and at the age of seventeen he went on his travels . He was in Paris during the massacre ...
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... born at Hayes , Devonshire , in 1552. In 1568 he was sent to Oriel College , Oxford , where " he was worthily esteemed a proficient in oratory and philo- sophy , " but did not long remain . He entered the troop of gentlemen volunteers ...
... born at Hayes , Devonshire , in 1552. In 1568 he was sent to Oriel College , Oxford , where " he was worthily esteemed a proficient in oratory and philo- sophy , " but did not long remain . He entered the troop of gentlemen volunteers ...
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