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... affecting English speech . But the verse of Surrey , Wyatt , and Sackville , and the prose of More and Ascham , were but noble and promising efforts . Perhaps the language was not ripe for their success ; perhaps the craftsmen's ...
... affecting English speech . But the verse of Surrey , Wyatt , and Sackville , and the prose of More and Ascham , were but noble and promising efforts . Perhaps the language was not ripe for their success ; perhaps the craftsmen's ...
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... affected , always hopelessly wanting in the finish , breadth , moderation , and order which alone can give permanence to writing . They were the necessary exercises by which Englishmen were recovering the suspended art of Chaucer , and ...
... affected , always hopelessly wanting in the finish , breadth , moderation , and order which alone can give permanence to writing . They were the necessary exercises by which Englishmen were recovering the suspended art of Chaucer , and ...
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... - one which so profoundly affects sentiment and character both in a nation and in an in- dividual — that among the habitual and fixed conditions of life is that of having a serious and implacable enemy 1. ] 11 SPENSER'S EARLY LIFE .
... - one which so profoundly affects sentiment and character both in a nation and in an in- dividual — that among the habitual and fixed conditions of life is that of having a serious and implacable enemy 1. ] 11 SPENSER'S EARLY LIFE .
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... affected and absurd in their outward fashion than most of the literary compo- sition of the time ; his verses are no worse than those of most of his neighbours ; he was not above , but he was not below , the false taste and clumsiness ...
... affected and absurd in their outward fashion than most of the literary compo- sition of the time ; his verses are no worse than those of most of his neighbours ; he was not above , but he was not below , the false taste and clumsiness ...
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... affected by the strong stream which drew Shake- spere . Among the compositions of his first period , be- sides The Shepherd's Calendar , are Nine Comedies — clear- ly real plays , which his friend Gabriel Harvey praised with enthusiasm ...
... affected by the strong stream which drew Shake- spere . Among the compositions of his first period , be- sides The Shepherd's Calendar , are Nine Comedies — clear- ly real plays , which his friend Gabriel Harvey praised with enthusiasm ...
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