Observations on the Fairy Queen of Spenser, Volume 2C. Stower, 1807 - Epic poetry, English |
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Thomas Warton. what we have felt most . Spenser's whole life seems to have consisted of disappoint- ments and distress . These miseries , the warmth of his imagination , and , what was its consequence , his sensibility of temper , con ...
Thomas Warton. what we have felt most . Spenser's whole life seems to have consisted of disappoint- ments and distress . These miseries , the warmth of his imagination , and , what was its consequence , his sensibility of temper , con ...
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... consisted of dumb actors , who by their dress and action prepared the spectators for the matter and substance of each ensuing act respectively ; as also of much hieroglyphical scenery calculated for the same purpose . See Gordobucke , a ...
... consisted of dumb actors , who by their dress and action prepared the spectators for the matter and substance of each ensuing act respectively ; as also of much hieroglyphical scenery calculated for the same purpose . See Gordobucke , a ...
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Thomas Warton. from the age of Spenser , we shall find that it principally consisted in visions and allego- ries * . Fancy was a greater friend to the dark ages , as they are called , than is com- monly supposed . Our writers caught this ...
Thomas Warton. from the age of Spenser , we shall find that it principally consisted in visions and allego- ries * . Fancy was a greater friend to the dark ages , as they are called , than is com- monly supposed . Our writers caught this ...
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... consisting of iam- bic feet , answers precisely to a pure tetra- metrical iambic verse of the ancients . Thus , The gentle Eve awakes refreshfull airs around , Eques sonante vērbĕrābit ungula . In reading this kind of measure , the an ...
... consisting of iam- bic feet , answers precisely to a pure tetra- metrical iambic verse of the ancients . Thus , The gentle Eve awakes refreshfull airs around , Eques sonante vērbĕrābit ungula . In reading this kind of measure , the an ...
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... consisting of four Theban dames , sings an Ode , which thus begins . O fierce and furious God ! whose harmefull harte Rejoyceth most to shed the giltlesse blood ; Whose headie will doth all the world subvert , ' And doth envy the ...
... consisting of four Theban dames , sings an Ode , which thus begins . O fierce and furious God ! whose harmefull harte Rejoyceth most to shed the giltlesse blood ; Whose headie will doth all the world subvert , ' And doth envy the ...
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Page 88 - And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand, full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: And upon her forehead was a name written. MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
Page 90 - In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month; and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
Page 149 - Plucking ripe clusters from the tender shoots ; Their port was more than human, as they stood : I took it for a faery vision Of some gay creatures of the element, That in the colours of the rainbow live, And play i
Page 88 - And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth...
Page 191 - In billows, leave i' the midst a horrid vale. Then with expanded wings he steers his flight Aloft, incumbent on the dusky air That felt unusual weight, till on dry land He lights, if it were land that ever...
Page 296 - Out of every corner of the woods and glens they came creeping forth upon their hands, for their legs could not bear them; they looked like anatomies of death ; they spake like ghosts crying out of their graves...
Page 263 - I sonnet of my mistress' face, To paint some Blowesse with a borrowed grace ; Nor can I bide to pen some hungrie scene For thick-skin ears, and undiscerning eyne.
Page 14 - Through the dear might of him that walked the waves Where other groves and other streams along, With nectar pure his oozy locks he laves, And hears the unexpressive nuptial song, In the blest kingdoms meek of joy and love. There entertain him all the saints above, In solemn troops and sweet societies That sing, and singing in their glory move And wipe the tears for ever from his eyes.
Page 89 - And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held : and they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth...
Page 221 - ... and spoked wheels upon occasion ; but having rejected cornices, they had no need of great engines : stone upon stone was easily piled up to great heights ; therefore the pride of their work was in pinnacles and steeples.