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... true and faithful Christian pastor . And if Pembroke Hall retained at all the tone and tendencies of such mas- ters as Ridley , Grindal , and Whitgift , the school in which Spenser grew up was one of their mitigated puritanism . But his ...
... true and faithful Christian pastor . And if Pembroke Hall retained at all the tone and tendencies of such mas- ters as Ridley , Grindal , and Whitgift , the school in which Spenser grew up was one of their mitigated puritanism . But his ...
Page 20
... true . " To him Spenser addresses his confidences , under the name of Colin Clout , a name borrowed from Skelton , a satirical poet of Henry VIII.'s time , which Spenser kept throughout his poetical career . Harvey reappears in one of ...
... true . " To him Spenser addresses his confidences , under the name of Colin Clout , a name borrowed from Skelton , a satirical poet of Henry VIII.'s time , which Spenser kept throughout his poetical career . Harvey reappears in one of ...
Page 24
... true . It was not in vain that Spenser was thus brought so near to his " Astrophel . " These letters tell us all that we know of Spenser's life at this time . During these anxious eighteen months , and connected with persons like Sidney ...
... true . It was not in vain that Spenser was thus brought so near to his " Astrophel . " These letters tell us all that we know of Spenser's life at this time . During these anxious eighteen months , and connected with persons like Sidney ...
Page 32
... true instincts of the natural English ear , every one was at sea . Yet it seemed as if every one was trying his hand at verse . Pop- ular writing took that shape . The curious and unique record of literature preserved in the registers ...
... true instincts of the natural English ear , every one was at sea . Yet it seemed as if every one was trying his hand at verse . Pop- ular writing took that shape . The curious and unique record of literature preserved in the registers ...
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... true col- ours , and often distorted its proportions . And thus while more than any one he prepared the instruments and the path for the great triumph , he himself missed the true field for the highest exercise of poetic power ; he ...
... true col- ours , and often distorted its proportions . And thus while more than any one he prepared the instruments and the path for the great triumph , he himself missed the true field for the highest exercise of poetic power ; he ...
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