Observations on the Fairy Queen of Spenser, Volumes 1-2C. Stower, 1807 |
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Page 5
... knights , giants , magicians , and fictitious be- ings . It may be urged , that Spenser made an unfortunate choice , and discovered but little judgment , in adopting Ariosto for his example , rather than Tasso , who had so evi- dently ...
... knights , giants , magicians , and fictitious be- ings . It may be urged , that Spenser made an unfortunate choice , and discovered but little judgment , in adopting Ariosto for his example , rather than Tasso , who had so evi- dently ...
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... proper commissions , twelve different Knights , each of which , in the par- ticular adventure allotted to him , proves an * See Spenser's Letter to Sir W. Raleigh , & c . example of some particular virtue , as of holiness ,. 6.
... proper commissions , twelve different Knights , each of which , in the par- ticular adventure allotted to him , proves an * See Spenser's Letter to Sir W. Raleigh , & c . example of some particular virtue , as of holiness ,. 6.
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... knights , severally exemplifying twelve moral virtues , the poet has constituted one principal knight , or general hero , viz . Prince Arthur . This personage represents magnifi- cence ; a virtue which is supposed to be the perfection ...
... knights , severally exemplifying twelve moral virtues , the poet has constituted one principal knight , or general hero , viz . Prince Arthur . This personage represents magnifi- cence ; a virtue which is supposed to be the perfection ...
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... Knight " the leading adventurer . Arthur should have been the principal agent in vindicating the cause of holiness ... Knights do too much for Arthur ✓to to do any thing ; or at least ,. 9.
... Knight " the leading adventurer . Arthur should have been the principal agent in vindicating the cause of holiness ... Knights do too much for Arthur ✓to to do any thing ; or at least ,. 9.
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... Knights respectively : at present he has remarkably failed , in endeavouring to re- present all the virtues exemplified in one . The poet might either have established twelve Knights , without an Arthur , or an Arthur without twelve ...
... Knights respectively : at present he has remarkably failed , in endeavouring to re- present all the virtues exemplified in one . The poet might either have established twelve Knights , without an Arthur , or an Arthur without twelve ...
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