ComusCambridge University Press, 1912 - 143 pages |
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Page xxxii
... Faerie Queene , II . 12 , 55 et seq . Browne , too , had made the adventure of Odysseus and his crew at the island of Circe the theme of The Inner Temple Masque ( 1614 ) . Probably each account - certainly Spenser's was known to Milton ...
... Faerie Queene , II . 12 , 55 et seq . Browne , too , had made the adventure of Odysseus and his crew at the island of Circe the theme of The Inner Temple Masque ( 1614 ) . Probably each account - certainly Spenser's was known to Milton ...
Page 10
... And on the tawny sands and shelves Trip the pert faeries and the dapper elves . By dimpled brook and fountain - brim , The wood - nymphs , decked with daisies trim , 120 Their merry wakes and pastimes keep : What hath night ΙΟ COMUS .
... And on the tawny sands and shelves Trip the pert faeries and the dapper elves . By dimpled brook and fountain - brim , The wood - nymphs , decked with daisies trim , 120 Their merry wakes and pastimes keep : What hath night ΙΟ COMUS .
Page 49
... Faerie Queene salutes Elizabeth as " Great Ladie of the greatest Isle . " 29. quarters , assigns . blue - haired . From the stage - direc- tions in other Masques it may be inferred that convention associated hair of this hue with water ...
... Faerie Queene salutes Elizabeth as " Great Ladie of the greatest Isle . " 29. quarters , assigns . blue - haired . From the stage - direc- tions in other Masques it may be inferred that convention associated hair of this hue with water ...
Page 58
... Night's Dream , II . I. 69 , " the farthest steep of India " ( Folio reading ) . Indian , i.e. eastern . 141. descry , reveal ; as in The Faerie Queene , VI . 7. 12 . 144. round , a country - dance , the favourite 58 COMUS .
... Night's Dream , II . I. 69 , " the farthest steep of India " ( Folio reading ) . Indian , i.e. eastern . 141. descry , reveal ; as in The Faerie Queene , VI . 7. 12 . 144. round , a country - dance , the favourite 58 COMUS .
Page 73
... Faerie Queene , I. 1. 12 , " Vertue gives her selfe light through darknesse for to wade . " 375. flat . Cf. " the level brine " in Lyc . 98 . Wisdom's self = ' Wisdom herself ' would sound awkward in modern E .; but the usage was once ...
... Faerie Queene , I. 1. 12 , " Vertue gives her selfe light through darknesse for to wade . " 375. flat . Cf. " the level brine " in Lyc . 98 . Wisdom's self = ' Wisdom herself ' would sound awkward in modern E .; but the usage was once ...
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