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Page 23 - Homer ruled as his demesne ; Yet did I never breathe its pure serene Till I heard Chapman speak out loud and bold : Then felt I like some watcher of the skies When a new planet swims into his ken ; Or like stout Cortez when with eagle eyes He...
Page 19 - DIGGES (Sir Dudley) THE COMPLEAT AMBASSADOR, or Two Treaties of the intended Marriage of Qu. Elizabeth of Glorious Memory...
Page 21 - LIFE IN LONDON : or, the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq., and his Elegant Friend, Corinthian Tom.
Page 27 - Councell to bee executed throughout the Counties of this Realme, in such Townes, Villages, and other places, as are, or may be hereafter infected with the PLAGUE for the stay of further increase of the same, also an...
Page 22 - Certaine Worthye Manuscript Poems of great antiquitie reserved long in the studie of a Northfolke gentleman and now first published by JS (viz.) The Statly Tragedy of Guistard and Sismond. The Northern Mothers Blessing. The Way to Thrifte. (Dedicated "To the worthiest Poet Maister Ed. Spenser.) Imprinted at London for RD, 1597.
Page 29 - The Interpreter: Or, Booke containing the signification of words: Wherein is set forth the true meaning of all, or the most part of such words and termes, as are mentioned in the Law Writers, or statutes of this victorious and renowned Kingdome, requiring any exposition or interpretation.
Page 3 - Bernera (Juliana). The Boke of Saint Albans, containing treatises on hawking, hunting, and cote armour; printed at Saint Albans by the schoolmaster-printer in 1486, reproduced in facsimile with an introduction by William Blades.

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