Observations on the Fairy Queen of Spenser, Volumes 1-2C. Stower, 1807 |
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... Liberata di Goti , 1524. It is in blank verse , which the author would have introduced instead of the Terza Rima of Dante , or the Ottava of Boccace . sensible of the popular prejudice in favour of ideal beings. B 2 3.
... Liberata di Goti , 1524. It is in blank verse , which the author would have introduced instead of the Terza Rima of Dante , or the Ottava of Boccace . sensible of the popular prejudice in favour of ideal beings. B 2 3.
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... verses of his exordium . Le Donni , i Cavallier , l'Arme , gli Amori , Le Cortegie , le ' audaci Imprese , io canto * . But it is absurd to think of judging either Ariosto or Spenser by precepts which they did not attend to . We who ...
... verses of his exordium . Le Donni , i Cavallier , l'Arme , gli Amori , Le Cortegie , le ' audaci Imprese , io canto * . But it is absurd to think of judging either Ariosto or Spenser by precepts which they did not attend to . We who ...
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... verses . So taking counsel of a wise man red , She was by him adviz'd , to send me quight Out of the countrie , wherein I was bred , The which the fertile Lionesse is height . 6. 2.30 . Sir Tristram's education is thus described below ...
... verses . So taking counsel of a wise man red , She was by him adviz'd , to send me quight Out of the countrie , wherein I was bred , The which the fertile Lionesse is height . 6. 2.30 . Sir Tristram's education is thus described below ...
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... verses , to some of the circumstances in this part of the queen's entertainment ; for Queen Elizabeth , the Fayre Elisa , is the lady whom the Ladies of the Lake " are repre- sented as repairing to , in that eclogue * . Nor is it ...
... verses , to some of the circumstances in this part of the queen's entertainment ; for Queen Elizabeth , the Fayre Elisa , is the lady whom the Ladies of the Lake " are repre- sented as repairing to , in that eclogue * . Nor is it ...
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... , Ne ever to his worke returned againe . These verses are obscure , unless we consider the following relation in Morte Arthur.- " The ' Lady of the Lake ' and Merlin departed ; • and by the way as they went , Merlin shewed 47.
... , Ne ever to his worke returned againe . These verses are obscure , unless we consider the following relation in Morte Arthur.- " The ' Lady of the Lake ' and Merlin departed ; • and by the way as they went , Merlin shewed 47.
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