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... poems which had been published in this country during the fixteenth and seventeenth centuries ; and it was con- ceived that , by claffing the several authors under the reigns in which they flourished , the collection would unite the ...
... poems which had been published in this country during the fixteenth and seventeenth centuries ; and it was con- ceived that , by claffing the several authors under the reigns in which they flourished , the collection would unite the ...
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... poems only ; because it was apprehended that these would be more pleasing than extracts and fragments , and would tend equally to characterize the manner of the feveral authors . The task of felection too was much easier ; for any man ...
... poems only ; because it was apprehended that these would be more pleasing than extracts and fragments , and would tend equally to characterize the manner of the feveral authors . The task of felection too was much easier ; for any man ...
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George Ellis. POEMS of the ballad kind have been omit- ted , because they seem lefs connected with the history of our poetry , than with that of our ancient manners and customs . For this reason too , the longest are scarcely fufcep ...
George Ellis. POEMS of the ballad kind have been omit- ted , because they seem lefs connected with the history of our poetry , than with that of our ancient manners and customs . For this reason too , the longest are scarcely fufcep ...
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George Ellis. ancient English Poetry ; or in Pinkerton's Scottish Ballads and Poems . It is neceffary to mention ... poem , is certainly inexcufable , if it shall be found to have been injudiciously exercised : but , on this point , the ...
George Ellis. ancient English Poetry ; or in Pinkerton's Scottish Ballads and Poems . It is neceffary to mention ... poem , is certainly inexcufable , if it shall be found to have been injudiciously exercised : but , on this point , the ...
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... Poems , together with thofe of Sir Thomas Wyat , the elder , and those of uncertain authors , were published by Tottel , in 1557 , and 1565. A very fatisfactory account of the contributors to this curious mifcellany may be found in the ...
... Poems , together with thofe of Sir Thomas Wyat , the elder , and those of uncertain authors , were published by Tottel , in 1557 , and 1565. A very fatisfactory account of the contributors to this curious mifcellany may be found in the ...
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