Observations on the Fairy Queen of Spenser, Volumes 1-2C. Stower, 1807 |
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... , the partisans on the side of Ariosto were by far the most powerful , and conse- quently in England : for Italy , in the age of queen Elizabeth , gave laws to our island in all matters of taste , as France has done ever. 5.
... , the partisans on the side of Ariosto were by far the most powerful , and conse- quently in England : for Italy , in the age of queen Elizabeth , gave laws to our island in all matters of taste , as France has done ever. 5.
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... Elizabeth * . i Among others , there is one romance which Spenser seems more particularly to have made use of . It is entitled , " Morte Arthur , The * See Hollinshead's Chronicles , vol . iii . p . 1315 . REESE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERST ...
... Elizabeth * . i Among others , there is one romance which Spenser seems more particularly to have made use of . It is entitled , " Morte Arthur , The * See Hollinshead's Chronicles , vol . iii . p . 1315 . REESE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERST ...
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... Elizabeth , or at least one very well known and much read at that time . Spenser , in the " Shepherd's Kalendar , " has the following passage And whither rennes this bevie of ladies bright Raunged in a row ? They been all ladies of the ...
... Elizabeth , or at least one very well known and much read at that time . Spenser , in the " Shepherd's Kalendar , " has the following passage And whither rennes this bevie of ladies bright Raunged in a row ? They been all ladies of the ...
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... to make part of Queen Elizabeth's entertainment at Kenel worth ; as an evidence of which , I shall produce a passage from an ancient book , entitled , " A Letter , wherein part of the Entertainment untoo the Queen's 40.
... to make part of Queen Elizabeth's entertainment at Kenel worth ; as an evidence of which , I shall produce a passage from an ancient book , entitled , " A Letter , wherein part of the Entertainment untoo the Queen's 40.
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... Elizabeth , so consequently the romance which supplied this fiction , was at the same time no less popular . We may add , that it is not improbable that Spenser might allude , in the above - cited verses , to some of the circumstances ...
... Elizabeth , so consequently the romance which supplied this fiction , was at the same time no less popular . We may add , that it is not improbable that Spenser might allude , in the above - cited verses , to some of the circumstances ...
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Æneid afterwards allegorical ancient Apollonius appears Archimago Ariosto Beast beautiful Britomartis called castle Charlemagne Chaucer chivalry circumstance Comus copied from Ariosto Cupid darraine doth edit Elizabeth English expression Faerie faire Fairy Queen fiction French genius golden goodly Gorlois hall Harrington Henry Henry VIII Homer House of Fame Ibid imitation instances Italian Jonson King Arthur Knight's Tale Lady likewise Lond manner mentioned Merlin Milton Morte Arthur noble observed Onomacritus Orlando Orlando Furioso Orpheus Orthrus painted Paradise Lost passage Pastorals perhaps pieces poem Poesie poet poetry Prince printed Queen Elizabeth's Questing Beast reader REESE LIBRARY reign remarkable rhyme romance round table Satires says seems Shakespeare shew shield song speaking Spenser Squier's Tale stanza story style supposed supr sword tell thou tion translated tree unto Upton verse viii word written