An Essay on English Poetry; with notices of the British poets. [Edited by Peter Cunningham.]John Murray, 1848 - 436 pages |
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... Jonson 198 Thomas Carew 206 · • 178 Sir Henry Wotton 207 • 180 William Alexander , • 180 Earl of Sterline 208 180 Nathaniel Field · • 208 Thomas Dekker · 209 155 156 Fletcher . Sir John Davies · • 181 John Webster 210 • • · 184 John ...
... Jonson 198 Thomas Carew 206 · • 178 Sir Henry Wotton 207 • 180 William Alexander , • 180 Earl of Sterline 208 180 Nathaniel Field · • 208 Thomas Dekker · 209 155 156 Fletcher . Sir John Davies · • 181 John Webster 210 • • · 184 John ...
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... Jonson , vol . viii . P. 77 . The power , the strangeness , the volubility of his language , the intrepidity of his satire , and the perfect originality of his manner , render Skelton one of the most extraordinary poets of any age or ...
... Jonson , vol . viii . P. 77 . The power , the strangeness , the volubility of his language , the intrepidity of his satire , and the perfect originality of his manner , render Skelton one of the most extraordinary poets of any age or ...
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... Jonson's a still smaller . The tragedy of Gorboduc , ' by Sackville and Norton , was represented in 1561-2 . Spenser's Pastorals were published in 1579 , and the three first books of The Fairy Queen ' in 1590 . Lord Sackville's birth ...
... Jonson's a still smaller . The tragedy of Gorboduc , ' by Sackville and Norton , was represented in 1561-2 . Spenser's Pastorals were published in 1579 , and the three first books of The Fairy Queen ' in 1590 . Lord Sackville's birth ...
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... Jonson censured the antiquity of the diction in The Fairy Queen * has been corrected by Mr. Malone , who pro- * Ben Jonson applied his remark to Spenser's Pastorals . [ Malone was very rash in his correction : " Spenser , in affecting ...
... Jonson censured the antiquity of the diction in The Fairy Queen * has been corrected by Mr. Malone , who pro- * Ben Jonson applied his remark to Spenser's Pastorals . [ Malone was very rash in his correction : " Spenser , in affecting ...
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... Jonson's censure , one might imagine the difference of Spenser's style from that of Shakspeare's , whom he so shortly preceded , to indicate that his gothic subject and story made him lean towards words of the elder time . At all events ...
... Jonson's censure , one might imagine the difference of Spenser's style from that of Shakspeare's , whom he so shortly preceded , to indicate that his gothic subject and story made him lean towards words of the elder time . At all events ...
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Page 109 - He scarce had ceased, when the superior fiend Was moving toward the shore : his ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views, At evening, from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe.
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