Observations on the Fairy Queen of Spenser, Volumes 1-2C. Stower, 1807 |
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Page 72
... rhymes , made purposely for recreation of the common people at Christmasse dinners and brideales ; and in tavernes , and alehouses , and such places of base resort ; also they be used in carols and rounds , and such light or lasci ...
... rhymes , made purposely for recreation of the common people at Christmasse dinners and brideales ; and in tavernes , and alehouses , and such places of base resort ; also they be used in carols and rounds , and such light or lasci ...
Page 97
... and the reiteration of his rhymes , that he describes these offensive objects so minutely . But to return to his Envy . This personage is again introduced , 5. 12. 29. chewing a VOL . I. H snake , of which a most beautiful use is made 97.
... and the reiteration of his rhymes , that he describes these offensive objects so minutely . But to return to his Envy . This personage is again introduced , 5. 12. 29. chewing a VOL . I. H snake , of which a most beautiful use is made 97.
Page 158
... rhyming . The two last lines formed . a distinct rhyme . But in Spenser , the se- cond rhyme is repeated four times , and the third three * . This constraint led our author into many absurdities ; the most striking and obvious of which ...
... rhyming . The two last lines formed . a distinct rhyme . But in Spenser , the se- cond rhyme is repeated four times , and the third three * . This constraint led our author into many absurdities ; the most striking and obvious of which ...
Page 159
... him , that he might make out his complement of rhymes , to introduce a puerile or impertinent idea , viz . Not that proud towre of Troy , though richly gilt . 2.9.45 . Being here laid under the compulsion of producing a consonant 159.
... him , that he might make out his complement of rhymes , to introduce a puerile or impertinent idea , viz . Not that proud towre of Troy , though richly gilt . 2.9.45 . Being here laid under the compulsion of producing a consonant 159.
Page 160
... rhymes , he has mechanically given us an image at once . little and improper . To the difficulty of a stanza so injudi- ciously chosen , I think we may properly im- pute the great number of his ellipses , some of which will be pointed ...
... rhymes , he has mechanically given us an image at once . little and improper . To the difficulty of a stanza so injudi- ciously chosen , I think we may properly im- pute the great number of his ellipses , some of which will be pointed ...
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