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Page 58
... Canto IV . , the Cave of Despair of Canto IX . , and the House of Holiness of Canto X. , can hardly be surpassed . Style and Metre . In style and language the " Faerie Queene " is archaic , as Spenser considered appropriate to the ...
... Canto IV . , the Cave of Despair of Canto IX . , and the House of Holiness of Canto X. , can hardly be surpassed . Style and Metre . In style and language the " Faerie Queene " is archaic , as Spenser considered appropriate to the ...
Page 149
... cantos . Canto I. describes the appointment of the sylph to guard the fair lady in the impending danger , and speaks of the various kinds of sprites who watch over the " Fair , " " The light militia of the lower sky . " The heroine is ...
... cantos . Canto I. describes the appointment of the sylph to guard the fair lady in the impending danger , and speaks of the various kinds of sprites who watch over the " Fair , " " The light militia of the lower sky . " The heroine is ...
Page 174
... Canto I. describes the castle of the false enchanter , Indolence , and its inhabitants ; Canto II . , the conquest of the castle by a knight of " Arts and Industry . " The poem is quite Spenserian in spirit and style . 174 PERIOD VIII.
... Canto I. describes the castle of the false enchanter , Indolence , and its inhabitants ; Canto II . , the conquest of the castle by a knight of " Arts and Industry . " The poem is quite Spenserian in spirit and style . 174 PERIOD VIII.
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