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... known about the circumstances of Spenser's life than about the lives of many men of letters of that time ; yet our knowledge is often imperfect and inaccurate . The year 1552 is now generally accepted as the year of his birth . The date ...
... known about the circumstances of Spenser's life than about the lives of many men of letters of that time ; yet our knowledge is often imperfect and inaccurate . The year 1552 is now generally accepted as the year of his birth . The date ...
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... known only in the Brabants or Dutch trans- lations . The sonnets from Petrarch are translated with much command of language ; there occurs in them , what was afterwards a favourite thought of Spenser's : " The Nymphs , That sweetly in ...
... known only in the Brabants or Dutch trans- lations . The sonnets from Petrarch are translated with much command of language ; there occurs in them , what was afterwards a favourite thought of Spenser's : " The Nymphs , That sweetly in ...
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... known of Spenser's Cambridge career . It is probable , from the persons with whom he was connected , that he would not be indifferent to the debates around him , and that his re- ligious prepossessions were then , as afterwards , in ...
... known of Spenser's Cambridge career . It is probable , from the persons with whom he was connected , that he would not be indifferent to the debates around him , and that his re- ligious prepossessions were then , as afterwards , in ...
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... known . That he was deeply in Spenser's confidence as a literary coadjutor , and possibly in other ways , is shown in the work which he did . But • Gabriel Harvey was a man who had influence on Spenser's 2 1. ] 17 SPENSER'S EARLY LIFE .
... known . That he was deeply in Spenser's confidence as a literary coadjutor , and possibly in other ways , is shown in the work which he did . But • Gabriel Harvey was a man who had influence on Spenser's 2 1. ] 17 SPENSER'S EARLY LIFE .
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... known as a new star in the poetical heaven ; and lastly , that in the effect on him of a deep but unrequited passion , he then received what seems to have been a strong and determining influence on his character and life . It seems ...
... known as a new star in the poetical heaven ; and lastly , that in the effect on him of a deep but unrequited passion , he then received what seems to have been a strong and determining influence on his character and life . It seems ...
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