Spenser: SelectionsClarendon Press, 1956 - 208 pages |
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Page 187
... probably meant ' fine ' . 297. aut si carminibus . Not in Ovid . ( Mustard . ) Perhaps a confusion of Am . III . vii . 27-34 with Virgil , Aen . iv . 487 : Haec se carminibus promittit solvere mentis quas velit . PAGE 52 . THE RUINES OF ...
... probably meant ' fine ' . 297. aut si carminibus . Not in Ovid . ( Mustard . ) Perhaps a confusion of Am . III . vii . 27-34 with Virgil , Aen . iv . 487 : Haec se carminibus promittit solvere mentis quas velit . PAGE 52 . THE RUINES OF ...
Page 188
... Probably a reference to his statues of Alexander the Great , of which none have survived . 418. King Edmond . Camden , Britannia , Bury St. Edmunds : ' If you ask how great were its riches , one cannot readily tell how many gifts were ...
... Probably a reference to his statues of Alexander the Great , of which none have survived . 418. King Edmond . Camden , Britannia , Bury St. Edmunds : ' If you ask how great were its riches , one cannot readily tell how many gifts were ...
Page 208
... probably from Malory . Meaning uncertain ; perhaps , to follow up the adversary as he retires , and to step sidewise . Troad ( VI . x . 5 ) : track . O.E. trod . Vade ( v . ii . 40 ) : to fade . Southern form , or by contamination with ...
... probably from Malory . Meaning uncertain ; perhaps , to follow up the adversary as he retires , and to step sidewise . Troad ( VI . x . 5 ) : track . O.E. trod . Vade ( v . ii . 40 ) : to fade . Southern form , or by contamination with ...
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