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 Readers |
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... John Lyly , from whose influence not even Spenser appears to have been wholly free . The natural periods or turning - points of our literary history have been too irregular to coincide with the centuries ; and there would seem , to ...
... John Lyly , from whose influence not even Spenser appears to have been wholly free . The natural periods or turning - points of our literary history have been too irregular to coincide with the centuries ; and there would seem , to ...
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... John Mandeville .. John Barbour .. John Wycliffe .. John Gower .. John Lydgate .. James I. of Scotland . William Caxton .. William Dunbar . John Skelton . Hugh Latimer . • Lord John Berners . William Tyndale .. Alexander Barclay .. Sir ...
... John Mandeville .. John Barbour .. John Wycliffe .. John Gower .. John Lydgate .. James I. of Scotland . William Caxton .. William Dunbar . John Skelton . Hugh Latimer . • Lord John Berners . William Tyndale .. Alexander Barclay .. Sir ...
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... John Davies , a poet whose imaginative power is shown in this oft- quoted fragment , from " The Orchestra , " a poem upon Dancing , - " For lo , the sea that fleets about the land , And like a girdle clips her solid waist , Music and ...
... John Davies , a poet whose imaginative power is shown in this oft- quoted fragment , from " The Orchestra , " a poem upon Dancing , - " For lo , the sea that fleets about the land , And like a girdle clips her solid waist , Music and ...
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Francis Henry Underwood. Christopher Marlowe . Michael Drayton . Sir John Davies . Sir Robert Ayton . Samuel Purchas . Dr. John Donne .. • Thomas Middleton . Joseph Hall , Bishop of Norwich . · Dramatist . . Poet . 1563-1593 1563-1631 ...
Francis Henry Underwood. Christopher Marlowe . Michael Drayton . Sir John Davies . Sir Robert Ayton . Samuel Purchas . Dr. John Donne .. • Thomas Middleton . Joseph Hall , Bishop of Norwich . · Dramatist . . Poet . 1563-1593 1563-1631 ...
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... John Suckling is principally remembered for his poem " The Wedding , " from which the following stanza is frequently quoted : - " Her feet beneath her petticoat Like little mice stole in and out , As if they feared the light : But O ...
... John Suckling is principally remembered for his poem " The Wedding , " from which the following stanza is frequently quoted : - " Her feet beneath her petticoat Like little mice stole in and out , As if they feared the light : But O ...
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