Observations on the Fairy Queen of Spenser, Volumes 1-2C. Stower, 1807 |
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Page 73
... famous archers : the former of which is on that account alluded to by Shakspeare . The same author in another place speaks of this kind of entertainment , by which we * B . ii . c . 9 . may conjecture that it was not always con- fined to.
... famous archers : the former of which is on that account alluded to by Shakspeare . The same author in another place speaks of this kind of entertainment , by which we * B . ii . c . 9 . may conjecture that it was not always con- fined to.
Page 122
... kind of songs and sonnets— which - how well it might be employed , and with how heavenly fruits both in publicke and private , in singing the praises of the Immortal Beauty * . " B. iii . c . vi . s . xxx . He speaks of the Garden of ...
... kind of songs and sonnets— which - how well it might be employed , and with how heavenly fruits both in publicke and private , in singing the praises of the Immortal Beauty * . " B. iii . c . vi . s . xxx . He speaks of the Garden of ...
Page 185
... kind of ma- jesty to style , and are not without their de- light sometimes . For they have the autho- rity of yeares , and out of their intermission do lend a kind of grace - like newnesse . 185.
... kind of ma- jesty to style , and are not without their de- light sometimes . For they have the autho- rity of yeares , and out of their intermission do lend a kind of grace - like newnesse . 185.
Page 186
Thomas Warton. do lend a kind of grace - like newnesse . But the eldest of the present , and the newest of the past language is the best * , " But Jon- son has literally translated the latter part of the paragraph , from Quintilian ...
Thomas Warton. do lend a kind of grace - like newnesse . But the eldest of the present , and the newest of the past language is the best * , " But Jon- son has literally translated the latter part of the paragraph , from Quintilian ...
Page 193
... kind was still more proper , as the popular poems of his times often abounded with instances of prolix and needless numerations . Thus in the Squyre of Lowe Degree † , an old piece , per- haps coeval with Chaucer . * Knight's tale , v ...
... kind was still more proper , as the popular poems of his times often abounded with instances of prolix and needless numerations . Thus in the Squyre of Lowe Degree † , an old piece , per- haps coeval with Chaucer . * Knight's tale , v ...
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