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Page ix
... poems of the highest order are in their very essence sources of a delight which is inexhaustible . " This delight is afforded in no stinted measure by the Sonnet , which concentrates within a narrow space such rare and b often peerless ...
... poems of the highest order are in their very essence sources of a delight which is inexhaustible . " This delight is afforded in no stinted measure by the Sonnet , which concentrates within a narrow space such rare and b often peerless ...
Page x
... work like this is not evident to the casual reader , since the heaviest portion of it leaves no mark upon the page . Very bad sonnets are easily rejected , very good sonnets easily chosen , but the poems of doubtful value are X PREFACE .
... work like this is not evident to the casual reader , since the heaviest portion of it leaves no mark upon the page . Very bad sonnets are easily rejected , very good sonnets easily chosen , but the poems of doubtful value are X PREFACE .
Page xi
... poems cover a period of three centuries it has been judged best to adhere throughout to modern orthography . In the earliest period of our literary history the growth of the language may be traced in the archaisms of our authors , and ...
... poems cover a period of three centuries it has been judged best to adhere throughout to modern orthography . In the earliest period of our literary history the growth of the language may be traced in the archaisms of our authors , and ...
Page 202
... poems of Watson , whom Steevens considered a " much more elegant sonnetteer than Shakespeare . One of his sonnets is inserted in this collection not for its intrinsic worth , but as a fair specimen of a once popular series . His poems ...
... poems of Watson , whom Steevens considered a " much more elegant sonnetteer than Shakespeare . One of his sonnets is inserted in this collection not for its intrinsic worth , but as a fair specimen of a once popular series . His poems ...
Page 206
... poems , but we cannot detect in them the bird - like snatches of real singing for which Mr. Grosart gives them credit . The editor has been unable to find one sonnet , out of the large number written by Barnes and Lok that is adapted to ...
... poems , but we cannot detect in them the bird - like snatches of real singing for which Mr. Grosart gives them credit . The editor has been unable to find one sonnet , out of the large number written by Barnes and Lok that is adapted to ...
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