From Shakespeare to Pope: An Inquiry Into the Causes and Phenomena of the Rise of Classical Poetry in England |
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... master- piece was first discovered in a unique copy some twelve years ago . Well , the editor and fondest admirer of Cyril Tourneur admits that the exces- sive obscurity of The Transformed Metamorphosis " arises as much from the ...
... master- piece was first discovered in a unique copy some twelve years ago . Well , the editor and fondest admirer of Cyril Tourneur admits that the exces- sive obscurity of The Transformed Metamorphosis " arises as much from the ...
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... masters had taught him ' . This harsh restorative , this herbal secret of forgetfulness , was presented to English poetry in the nick of time by what we must be allowed to call , for want of a 1 66 " Lequel le purgea canonicquement auec ...
... masters had taught him ' . This harsh restorative , this herbal secret of forgetfulness , was presented to English poetry in the nick of time by what we must be allowed to call , for want of a 1 66 " Lequel le purgea canonicquement auec ...
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... master of in 1623 , was not imitated by a single poet for nearly twenty years ; yet he persisted in it , and lived to see the entire English Parnassus absorbed by it . We must admit that the man who could effect such a revolution , and ...
... master of in 1623 , was not imitated by a single poet for nearly twenty years ; yet he persisted in it , and lived to see the entire English Parnassus absorbed by it . We must admit that the man who could effect such a revolution , and ...
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... Master Waller , " a note in subsequent editions reduced to M. W. But here , in 1642 , before Waller had printed a line , we find him boldly addressed as " the best of Poets " by the pupil who was treading most closely in his foot- steps ...
... Master Waller , " a note in subsequent editions reduced to M. W. But here , in 1642 , before Waller had printed a line , we find him boldly addressed as " the best of Poets " by the pupil who was treading most closely in his foot- steps ...
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... great house , a courtier , a scholar , and a poet as well as a brave soldier . We may search in vain for the Poems of Sidney Godolphin . Waller , who had been his friend and master in the art of verse , preserved a few The Exiles . 109.
... great house , a courtier , a scholar , and a poet as well as a brave soldier . We may search in vain for the Poems of Sidney Godolphin . Waller , who had been his friend and master in the art of verse , preserved a few The Exiles . 109.
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