Specimens of the Early English Poets: To which is Prefixed, an Historical Sketch of the Rise and Progress of the English Poetry and Language, with a Biography of Each Poet, &c, Volume 3H. Washbourne, 1845 - English poetry |
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... printed 1607 , 4to , and the other represented at Lord Knowles's , at Cawsome - house , & c . , printed 1613 , 4to . The following pieces are taken from Davison's miscellany . Of Corinna's Singing . WHEN to her lute Corinna sings , Her ...
... printed 1607 , 4to , and the other represented at Lord Knowles's , at Cawsome - house , & c . , printed 1613 , 4to . The following pieces are taken from Davison's miscellany . Of Corinna's Singing . WHEN to her lute Corinna sings , Her ...
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... printed in 1640 , 12mo , is much praised by Langbaine . His " Paraphrase upon the Psalmes of David , and upon the hymnes dispersed throughout the Old and New Testaments , " appeared in 1636 , 12mo , a book which Wood tells us King ...
... printed in 1640 , 12mo , is much praised by Langbaine . His " Paraphrase upon the Psalmes of David , and upon the hymnes dispersed throughout the Old and New Testaments , " appeared in 1636 , 12mo , a book which Wood tells us King ...
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... printed , with alterations , in a minute 12mo , in 1616 , London , pro- fessing to be the third edition . Aurora , " 1604 , 4to . 66 " A Parænesis to the Prince , " 1604 , 4to . 66 Doomsday , " a sacred poem in twelve parts , Edinburgh ...
... printed , with alterations , in a minute 12mo , in 1616 , London , pro- fessing to be the third edition . Aurora , " 1604 , 4to . 66 " A Parænesis to the Prince , " 1604 , 4to . 66 Doomsday , " a sacred poem in twelve parts , Edinburgh ...
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... printed from ed . 1637 , which agrees almost exactly with ed . 1616. - The various readings at the foot of the page are from ed . 1607. ] FIERCE tyrant , Death , who ' in thy wrath didst take One half of me , and left one2 half behind ...
... printed from ed . 1637 , which agrees almost exactly with ed . 1616. - The various readings at the foot of the page are from ed . 1607. ] FIERCE tyrant , Death , who ' in thy wrath didst take One half of me , and left one2 half behind ...
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... printed at Cambridge , 1633 , 4to , ' together with Piscatorie Eclogs and other Poeticall Miscellanies . " Mr. Headley , whose remarks on Fletcher well merit the reader's attention , observes that " Milton read and imitated him , and ...
... printed at Cambridge , 1633 , 4to , ' together with Piscatorie Eclogs and other Poeticall Miscellanies . " Mr. Headley , whose remarks on Fletcher well merit the reader's attention , observes that " Milton read and imitated him , and ...
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