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... Virgil , Ariosto and Tasso , not because their fiction is beautiful , but because their moral purpose is lofty . With such a purpose in view for himself , he professes to follow Aris- totle when he divides the virtues into Ethical ...
... Virgil , Ariosto and Tasso , not because their fiction is beautiful , but because their moral purpose is lofty . With such a purpose in view for himself , he professes to follow Aris- totle when he divides the virtues into Ethical ...
Page lxviii
... Virgil , whose like intention was to doe in the person of Aeneas after him Ariosto comprised them both in his Orlando : and lately Tasso dissevered them againe , and formed both parts in two persons , namely that part which they in ...
... Virgil , whose like intention was to doe in the person of Aeneas after him Ariosto comprised them both in his Orlando : and lately Tasso dissevered them againe , and formed both parts in two persons , namely that part which they in ...
Page 153
... Virgil's Eneid : " Ille ego qui quondam gracili modulatus avena | Carmen , ... Gratum opus agricolis , at nunc horrentia Martis . ' Spenser , like Virgil , passed from pastoral to epic poetry . Milton imitates them in the opening of Par ...
... Virgil's Eneid : " Ille ego qui quondam gracili modulatus avena | Carmen , ... Gratum opus agricolis , at nunc horrentia Martis . ' Spenser , like Virgil , passed from pastoral to epic poetry . Milton imitates them in the opening of Par ...
Page 154
... Virgil , Eclogue , i . 2 . " 5. gentle , noble , ' lit. ' of noble birth , ' of high lineage ' ; by hypallage for deeds of gentle knights and ladies , ' i.e. ' deeds of chivalry . ' The idea is borrowed from Ariosto , Orl . Fur . i . 1 ...
... Virgil , Eclogue , i . 2 . " 5. gentle , noble , ' lit. ' of noble birth , ' of high lineage ' ; by hypallage for deeds of gentle knights and ladies , ' i.e. ' deeds of chivalry . ' The idea is borrowed from Ariosto , Orl . Fur . i . 1 ...
Page 162
... Virgil , Georgics , ii . 325. Leman ; ' lady - love ' ; vii . 14 , 11. x . 18 , I. ii . 20 ; used of a man in Shaks- pere , Merry Wives , iv . 2. 172 ; Chaucer , Man of Lawes Tale , 917 , " And seyde he sholde hir lemman be . " M. E. ...
... Virgil , Georgics , ii . 325. Leman ; ' lady - love ' ; vii . 14 , 11. x . 18 , I. ii . 20 ; used of a man in Shaks- pere , Merry Wives , iv . 2. 172 ; Chaucer , Man of Lawes Tale , 917 , " And seyde he sholde hir lemman be . " M. E. ...
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Aeneid allegory Archimago Ariosto armes Arthur Ayenbite of Inwyt beast beauty Ben Jonson Bevis of Hampton blood brest called CANTO Castle Chaucer chivalry Christian Church cruell Dame deadly deare death doen doth dragon dread Duessa earth Elfin knight Euphuism eyes Faerie Queene faire Fairfax's Tasso faith false fayre feare fight Fletcher Germ goodly griefe hand hart hath heaven heavenly hence Hesiod hight Holiness Holinshed Homer Iliad Jonson king Lady Latin light literally living Lord Low Lat meaning Milton Morte d'Arthur never nigh nought occurs Ovid Pagan Parv Piers Plowman powre pride Prince quoth Redcross Redcross Knight romance Sansfoy Scotch seemd seems sense Shakspere Shep shield sight Spenser stanza substantive Tale thee thou tree Truth Una's unto v.n. ii v.n. vii v.n. xi verb viii Virgil virtues wandring whence wight word wound wyde yron
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Page 217 - For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
Page 260 - And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth : and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.
Page 296 - Whereupon, neither the first testament was dedicated without blood : for when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people, saying, This is the blood of the testament, which God hath enjoined unto you.
Page 320 - And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space. 11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
Page 166 - Virtue could see to do what Virtue would By her own radiant light, though sun and moon Were in the flat sea sunk.
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Page 11 - Which from a sacred fountaine welled forth alway. 35 Arrived there, the little house they fill, Ne looke for entertainement, where none was: Rest is their feast, and all thinges at their will; The noblest mind the best contentment has. With faire discourse the evening so they pas : For that olde man of pleasing wordes had store, And well could file his tongue as smooth as glas, He told of Saintes and Popes, and evermore He strowd an Ave-Mary after and before.
Page 306 - And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God...
Page 185 - And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls...
Page 202 - In hurdled cotes amid the field secure, Leaps o'er the fence with ease into the fold : Or as a thief bent to unhoard the cash Of some rich burgher, whose substantial doors...