A Hand-book of English Literature Intended for the Use of High Schools, as Well as a Companion and Guide for Private Students, and for General ReadersLee & Shepard, 1871 - 608 pages |
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Page xxvi
... rise of Puritanism ; and this , for a time , added decency to the other qualities of the British muse . But with the Restoration a reaction came , and the license under the first Charles was modesty itself in comparison with the ...
... rise of Puritanism ; and this , for a time , added decency to the other qualities of the British muse . But with the Restoration a reaction came , and the license under the first Charles was modesty itself in comparison with the ...
Page 11
... rising and falling , the very steps and inflections every way , the turns and varieties of all passions whereunto the mind is subject ; yea , so to imitate them , that , whether it resemble unto us the same state wherein our minds ...
... rising and falling , the very steps and inflections every way , the turns and varieties of all passions whereunto the mind is subject ; yea , so to imitate them , that , whether it resemble unto us the same state wherein our minds ...
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... rise in several forms ( of feathers , drinking glasses , canopies , and the like ) , they be pretty things to look on , but nothing to health and sweetness . For the heath , which was the third part of our plot , I wished it to be ...
... rise in several forms ( of feathers , drinking glasses , canopies , and the like ) , they be pretty things to look on , but nothing to health and sweetness . For the heath , which was the third part of our plot , I wished it to be ...
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... rise , or fear to fall ; Lord of himself , though not of lands ; And having nothing , yet hath all . RICHARD BARNFIELD : Richard Barnfield was born about 1570 , and was educated at Oxford . His place in literature is not an important ...
... rise , or fear to fall ; Lord of himself , though not of lands ; And having nothing , yet hath all . RICHARD BARNFIELD : Richard Barnfield was born about 1570 , and was educated at Oxford . His place in literature is not an important ...
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... rise ! I will not lodge thee by Chaucer , or Spenser , or bid Beaumont lie A little further off , to make thee room : Thou art a monument without a tomb , And art alive still , while thy book doth live , And we have wits to read , and ...
... rise ! I will not lodge thee by Chaucer , or Spenser , or bid Beaumont lie A little further off , to make thee room : Thou art a monument without a tomb , And art alive still , while thy book doth live , And we have wits to read , and ...
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