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... writing . They were the necessary exercises by which Englishmen were recovering the suspended art of Chaucer , and learning to write ; and exercises , though indispensably necessary , are not ordinarily in themselves interesting and ...
... writing . They were the necessary exercises by which Englishmen were recovering the suspended art of Chaucer , and learning to write ; and exercises , though indispensably necessary , are not ordinarily in themselves interesting and ...
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... written late in 1596. It was a time in his life of disappointment and trouble , when he was only a rare visitor to London . In the poem he imagines him- self on the banks of London's great river , and the bridal procession arriving at ...
... written late in 1596. It was a time in his life of disappointment and trouble , when he was only a rare visitor to London . In the poem he imagines him- self on the banks of London's great river , and the bridal procession arriving at ...
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... writing , there is much that seems to us vain and ridiculous enough ; and it has been naturally surmised that he must have been a dangerous friend and counsellor to Spenser . But probably we are hard upon him . His writings , after all ...
... writing , there is much that seems to us vain and ridiculous enough ; and it has been naturally surmised that he must have been a dangerous friend and counsellor to Spenser . But probably we are hard upon him . His writings , after all ...
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... writing ; So thy renown lives ever by enditing . " Dublin , this xviii . of July , 1586. Your devoted friend , during life , " EDMUND SPENSER . " Between Cambridge and Spenser's appearance in Lon- don , there is a short but obscure ...
... writing ; So thy renown lives ever by enditing . " Dublin , this xviii . of July , 1586. Your devoted friend , during life , " EDMUND SPENSER . " Between Cambridge and Spenser's appearance in Lon- don , there is a short but obscure ...
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... written " Stemmata Dudleiana . " He is doubting whether or not to publish , " to utter , " some of his poetical compositions : he is doubting , and asks Harvey's advice , whether or not to ded- icate them to His Excellent Lordship ...
... written " Stemmata Dudleiana . " He is doubting whether or not to publish , " to utter , " some of his poetical compositions : he is doubting , and asks Harvey's advice , whether or not to ded- icate them to His Excellent Lordship ...
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