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Historical Regularity , Spenser varies from it , in the plan of the FAERIE QueenE ,
I. 11 . HOLBEIN , Hans , prints called the Dance of Death , fallly attributed to him ,
II . 116. His picture , so called , at Bahl , II . 117 Horn , a miraculous one , copied ...
Historical Regularity , Spenser varies from it , in the plan of the FAERIE QueenE ,
I. 11 . HOLBEIN , Hans , prints called the Dance of Death , fallly attributed to him ,
II . 116. His picture , so called , at Bahl , II . 117 Horn , a miraculous one , copied ...
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Horn , a miraculous one , copied from Ariosto , I. 201 . HORROR , picture of him ,
copied by Milton from Spenser , I. 76 . Horses their names in romance , I. 214 .
Hughes , the editor of Spenser , censured , for commending the first book of the ...
Horn , a miraculous one , copied from Ariosto , I. 201 . HORROR , picture of him ,
copied by Milton from Spenser , I. 76 . Horses their names in romance , I. 214 .
Hughes , the editor of Spenser , censured , for commending the first book of the ...
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And thus though many of Spenser's incidents are to be found in Ariosto , such as
that of blowing a horn , at the sound of which the gates of a castle fly open , of the
vanishing of an enchanted palace or garden after some knight has destroyed ...
And thus though many of Spenser's incidents are to be found in Ariosto , such as
that of blowing a horn , at the sound of which the gates of a castle fly open , of the
vanishing of an enchanted palace or garden after some knight has destroyed ...
Page 201
Was never wight that heard that shrilling found But trembling feare did feele in
every vaine . This horn , with its miraculous effects , is borrowed from that which
Logestylla presents to Astolfo . Dico , che'l corno è di fi orribil suono , Ch '
ovunque ...
Was never wight that heard that shrilling found But trembling feare did feele in
every vaine . This horn , with its miraculous effects , is borrowed from that which
Logestylla presents to Astolfo . Dico , che'l corno è di fi orribil suono , Ch '
ovunque ...
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Turpin mentions a wonderful horn which belonged to Roland * . Olaus Magnus
relates , that this horn which was called Olivant , was won , together with the
sword Durenda , so much celebrated in Ariosto , from the giant Jatmundus by
Roland ...
Turpin mentions a wonderful horn which belonged to Roland * . Olaus Magnus
relates , that this horn which was called Olivant , was won , together with the
sword Durenda , so much celebrated in Ariosto , from the giant Jatmundus by
Roland ...
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| Title | Observations on the Fairy Queen of Spenser, Volume 1 Eighteenth-century sources for the study of English literature Observations on The Fairy Queen of Spenser: By Thomas Warton, Thomas Warton Observations on the Fairy Queen of Spenser, Thomas Warton |
| Author | Thomas Warton |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | R. and J. Dodsley, 1762 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 10 Jul 2007 |
| Length | 270 pages |
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