Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A History, Critical and Biographical, of British Authors, from the Earliest to the Present Times, Volume 1Robert Chambers William and Robert Chambers, 1854 - Authors, English |
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Page vii
... Queen , 37 5 JOHN LYDGATE , 37 5 Description of a Sylvan Retroat , 38 Extract from the account of the Proceedings at Arthur's Coronation , given by Layamon , in his translation of Wace , executed about 1180 , The London Lyckpenny , 38 ...
... Queen , 37 5 JOHN LYDGATE , 37 5 Description of a Sylvan Retroat , 38 Extract from the account of the Proceedings at Arthur's Coronation , given by Layamon , in his translation of Wace , executed about 1180 , The London Lyckpenny , 38 ...
Page viii
... Queen Anne Boleyn , 68 Scorn not the Least , A notable History of William Hunter , a young man of 19 years of age , pursued to death by Justice Brown for the Gospel's sake , worthy of all young men and parents to be read , SAMUEL DANIEL ...
... Queen Anne Boleyn , 68 Scorn not the Least , A notable History of William Hunter , a young man of 19 years of age , pursued to death by Justice Brown for the Gospel's sake , worthy of all young men and parents to be read , SAMUEL DANIEL ...
Page ix
... Queen , On the Tombs in Westminster , 119 The Country Life , An Epitaph , 119 Julia , THOMAS CAREW , 120 Upon Julia's Recovery , Song- ( Ask me no more where Jove bestows ) , 120 The Bag of the Bee , The Compliment , 120 Upon a Child ...
... Queen , On the Tombs in Westminster , 119 The Country Life , An Epitaph , 119 Julia , THOMAS CAREW , 120 Upon Julia's Recovery , Song- ( Ask me no more where Jove bestows ) , 120 The Bag of the Bee , The Compliment , 120 Upon a Child ...
Page x
... Queen Mab , 186 • Song- ( What pleasure have great princes ) , 225 End of all Earthly Glories , 186 Meditation when we go to Bed , 225 Life and Death Weighed , Fear of Death , Description of Ophelia's Drowning , 187 Meditation , 226 ...
... Queen Mab , 186 • Song- ( What pleasure have great princes ) , 225 End of all Earthly Glories , 186 Meditation when we go to Bed , 225 Life and Death Weighed , Fear of Death , Description of Ophelia's Drowning , 187 Meditation , 226 ...
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... queen were ; That all the gold of Croesus ' hall The least coronal of all Might not have bought , after the worth : Thus comen they ridand forth . [ In the rear of this splendid troop of ladies , the princess be- held one , mounted on a ...
... queen were ; That all the gold of Croesus ' hall The least coronal of all Might not have bought , after the worth : Thus comen they ridand forth . [ In the rear of this splendid troop of ladies , the princess be- held one , mounted on a ...
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