The History of English Poetry, from the Close of the Eleventh to the Commencement of the Eighteenth Century: To which are Prefixed, Three Dissertations: 1. Of the Origin of Romantic Fiction in Europe. 2. On the Introduction of Learning Into England. 3. On the Gesta Romanorum, Volume 4 |
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... present the book to some of the nobility . It is certainly at this time extremely scarce , and would be de- servedly deemed a fortunate acquisition to those capricious students who labour only to collect a library of rarities . Yet it ...
... present the book to some of the nobility . It is certainly at this time extremely scarce , and would be de- servedly deemed a fortunate acquisition to those capricious students who labour only to collect a library of rarities . Yet it ...
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... present to the conceptions of men , in the shape of truth . I must not , however , forget , that king Edward the Sixth is to be ranked among the religious poets of his own reign . Fox has published his metrical instructions concerning ...
... present to the conceptions of men , in the shape of truth . I must not , however , forget , that king Edward the Sixth is to be ranked among the religious poets of his own reign . Fox has published his metrical instructions concerning ...
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... present sense , was common and established ; and that these satirical interludes are forbidden only in the English tongue . " Forasmuch as a great number of those that be COMMON PLAYERS of ENTER- LUDES and PLAYES , as well within the ...
... present sense , was common and established ; and that these satirical interludes are forbidden only in the English tongue . " Forasmuch as a great number of those that be COMMON PLAYERS of ENTER- LUDES and PLAYES , as well within the ...
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... present month of August untill the feast of All - saints next comming , they nor any of them , openly or secretly PLAY IN THE ENGLISH TONGUE , any kind of EN- TERLUDE , PLAY , DIALOGUE , or other matter set forth in form of PLAY , in ...
... present month of August untill the feast of All - saints next comming , they nor any of them , openly or secretly PLAY IN THE ENGLISH TONGUE , any kind of EN- TERLUDE , PLAY , DIALOGUE , or other matter set forth in form of PLAY , in ...
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... present the Scripture as a novelty , attributes the destruction of his spiritual kingdom . The old people would beleve stil in my lawes , * See Hawkins's OLD PLAYS , i . p . 135 . From Bale's THREE LAWES above mentioned , SIGN . B. v ...
... present the Scripture as a novelty , attributes the destruction of his spiritual kingdom . The old people would beleve stil in my lawes , * See Hawkins's OLD PLAYS , i . p . 135 . From Bale's THREE LAWES above mentioned , SIGN . B. v ...
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Page 50 - And first within the porch and jaws of Hell Sat deep Remorse of Conscience, all besprent With tears: and to herself oft would she tell Her wretchedness, and cursing never stent...
Page 7 - And where heretofore there hath been great diversity in saying and singing in churches within this realm, some following Salisbury use, some Hereford use, some the use of Bangor, some of York, and some of Lincoln, now from henceforth all the whole realm shall have but one use.
Page 291 - In our forefathers tyme, whan Papistrie, as a standyng poole, couered and ouerflowed all England, fewe bookes were read in our tong, sauyng certaine bookes of Cheualrie, as they sayd, for pastime and pleasure, which, as some say, were made in Monasteries, by idle Monkes or wanton Chanons: as 'one for example, Morte Arthure...
Page 55 - With, visage grim, stern looks, and blackly hued; In his right hand a naked sword he had, That to the hilts was all with blood imbrued; And in his left, that kings and kingdoms rued, Famine and fire he held, and therewithal He razed towns and threw down towers and all.
Page 88 - Now is the winter of our discontent Made glorious summer by this sun of York ; And all the clouds that lour'd upon our house In the deep bosom of the ocean buried. Now are our brows bound with victorious wreaths ; Our bruised arms hung up for monuments ; Our stern alarums changed to merry meetings, Our dreadful marches to delightful measures.
Page 231 - If music and sweet poetry agree, As they must needs, the sister and the brother, Then must the love be great "twixt thee and me, Because thou lov'st the one, and I the other. Dowland to thee is dear, whose heavenly touch Upon the lute doth ravish human sense ; Spenser to me, whose deep conceit is such As, passing all conceit, needs no defence. Thou lov'st to hear the sweet melodious sound That Phoebus...
Page 64 - Non frondi verdi, ma di color fosco; Non rami schietti, ma nodosi e 'nvolti; Non pomi v'eran, ma stecchi con tosco.
Page 67 - Quando leggemmo il disiato riso Esser baciato da cotanto amante, Questi, che mai da me non fia diviso, La bocca mi baciò tutto tremante : Galeotto fu il libro e chi lo scrisse : Quel giorno più non vi leggemmo avante.
Page 68 - Before the gates there sat On either side a formidable Shape. The one seem'd woman to the waist, and fair, * But ended foul in many a scaly fold Voluminous and vast, a serpent arm'd With mortal sting.
Page 402 - Tarquine, seeking still to prove her, Romeo, Richard, more whose names I know not, Their sugred tongues and power attractive...