Specimens of the Early English Poets,: To which is Prefixed, an Historical Sketch of the Rise and Progress of the English Poetry and Language;Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster-Row., 1811 - English poetry |
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... says Wood , “ with much ado to his " dying day . " The same writer adds , “ He was an ex- " act mathematician , a ... Wood had also " heard some of the antients of Christ - Church often say , " that his company was very merry , facete ...
... says Wood , “ with much ado to his " dying day . " The same writer adds , “ He was an ex- " act mathematician , a ... Wood had also " heard some of the antients of Christ - Church often say , " that his company was very merry , facete ...
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... Wood says he was 66 an accomplished gentlemen , " " master of se- " veral languages , of a fluent and ready ... Wood tells us King Charles " delighted to " read in , while prisoner in Carisbroke Castle . " This , to- gether with a ...
... Wood says he was 66 an accomplished gentlemen , " " master of se- " veral languages , of a fluent and ready ... Wood tells us King Charles " delighted to " read in , while prisoner in Carisbroke Castle . " This , to- gether with a ...
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... says Wood , " of the Muses and Graces . " He published " Christ's " Victorie and Triumph in Heaven and Earth over and " after Death , " Cambr . 1610 , 4to . in four parts , written in stanzas of eight lines . Mr Headley calls it " a ...
... says Wood , " of the Muses and Graces . " He published " Christ's " Victorie and Triumph in Heaven and Earth over and " after Death , " Cambr . 1610 , 4to . in four parts , written in stanzas of eight lines . Mr Headley calls it " a ...
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... says Wood , " he successfully employed in poetry , " and the latter he as happily bestowed on more serious " and beneficial studies . " He died in 1628. Dr Kippis commends the harmonious versification of Sir John Beau- mont , and says ...
... says Wood , " he successfully employed in poetry , " and the latter he as happily bestowed on more serious " and beneficial studies . " He died in 1628. Dr Kippis commends the harmonious versification of Sir John Beau- mont , and says ...
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... says Wood , " by the puritanical party , for " his profuse pouring forth of English rhyme , and more " afterwards by the vulgar sort of people for his prophe- " tical poetry . " In 1639 , he served under lord Arundel against the Scots ...
... says Wood , " by the puritanical party , for " his profuse pouring forth of English rhyme , and more " afterwards by the vulgar sort of people for his prophe- " tical poetry . " In 1639 , he served under lord Arundel against the Scots ...
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