Observations on the Fairy Queen of Spenser, Volumes 1-2C. Stower, 1807 |
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... romances SECT . III . Of Spenser's use and abuse of ancient history and 25 mythology ... SECT . IV . · 92 Of Spenser's stanza , versification , and language .... 157 . SECT . V. Of Spenser's Imitations from Chaucer • 188 SECT . VI . Of ...
... romances SECT . III . Of Spenser's use and abuse of ancient history and 25 mythology ... SECT . IV . · 92 Of Spenser's stanza , versification , and language .... 157 . SECT . V. Of Spenser's Imitations from Chaucer • 188 SECT . VI . Of ...
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... romance , of truth and fiction , to find the proper decora- tions and furniture for his fairy structure . Born in such an age , Spenser wrote rapidly from his own feelings , which at the same time were naturally noble . Exactness in his ...
... romance , of truth and fiction , to find the proper decora- tions and furniture for his fairy structure . Born in such an age , Spenser wrote rapidly from his own feelings , which at the same time were naturally noble . Exactness in his ...
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... romances , or books of chivalry , than of those which form the Orlando Furioso , Ariosto's knights exhibit surprising examples of their prowess , and achieve many heroic actions . But our author's knights are more professedly engaged in ...
... romances , or books of chivalry , than of those which form the Orlando Furioso , Ariosto's knights exhibit surprising examples of their prowess , and achieve many heroic actions . But our author's knights are more professedly engaged in ...
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... romance , entitled the Seven Champions of Christendom . In fact , these miraculous books were highly fashionable , and chivalry , which was the subject of them , was still practised and admired , in the age of Queen Elizabeth * . i ...
... romance , entitled the Seven Champions of Christendom . In fact , these miraculous books were highly fashionable , and chivalry , which was the subject of them , was still practised and admired , in the age of Queen Elizabeth * . i ...
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... romance , of Sir Tristram's banishment from Lyones into a distant coun- try , by the advice , and under the conduct , of a wise and learned counsellor named Governale . A circumstance alluded to by Spenser in these verses . So taking ...
... romance , of Sir Tristram's banishment from Lyones into a distant coun- try , by the advice , and under the conduct , of a wise and learned counsellor named Governale . A circumstance alluded to by Spenser in these verses . So taking ...
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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