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... last emerged from the depths of Gothic ignorance and barbarity ; it might have been expected , that , instead of the romantic manner of poetical compofition introduced and established by the Provencial bards , a new and more legitimate ...
... last emerged from the depths of Gothic ignorance and barbarity ; it might have been expected , that , instead of the romantic manner of poetical compofition introduced and established by the Provencial bards , a new and more legitimate ...
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... last he gains a complete poffeffion . But furely to affift is not a sufficient fer- vice . This fecondary merit is inadequate to the re- ward . The poet ought to have made this " brave Knight " the leading adventurer . ARTHUR fhould ...
... last he gains a complete poffeffion . But furely to affift is not a sufficient fer- vice . This fecondary merit is inadequate to the re- ward . The poet ought to have made this " brave Knight " the leading adventurer . ARTHUR fhould ...
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... last he becomes poffeffed of all . This plan , however injudicious , he certainly was obliged to obferve . But in the third book , which is ftyled the Legend of Chastity , Prince Arthur does not fo much as lend his affiftance in the ...
... last he becomes poffeffed of all . This plan , however injudicious , he certainly was obliged to obferve . But in the third book , which is ftyled the Legend of Chastity , Prince Arthur does not fo much as lend his affiftance in the ...
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... last circumstance is added by Spenser . For may no knight or ladie paffe along That way ( and yet they needs must passe that way ) By reason of the ftreight and rocks among , But they that ladies lockes do fhave away , And that knights ...
... last circumstance is added by Spenser . For may no knight or ladie paffe along That way ( and yet they needs must passe that way ) By reason of the ftreight and rocks among , But they that ladies lockes do fhave away , And that knights ...
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... last , king Arthur conquered this giant , and took from him a certain coat , which he had been compofing of the beards of kings , a vacant place being left for king Arthur's beard * . And though further proofs of Spenfer's copying this ...
... last , king Arthur conquered this giant , and took from him a certain coat , which he had been compofing of the beards of kings , a vacant place being left for king Arthur's beard * . And though further proofs of Spenfer's copying this ...
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againſt alfo alſo antient Antoninus Liberalis Apollonius Ariofto atchievements Bevis BITE Britomartis called cauſe Caxton's cenfured Charlemagne Chaucer circumftance Cocytus compariſon copied from Ariofto DARRAINE defign deſcribed deſcription diſcover doth edit enchanted engliſh FAERIE faid FAIRY QUEEN fame fatires fays feems fhall fiction fing firft firſt fleſh fome fong fpeaks ftill ftory ftyle fubject fuch fword Harrington hiftory himſelf horſe Hylas Ibid illuftrated imitation inftances italian king Arthur Knight's Tale knights lady laft laſt leaſt likewife lonius meaſure mentioned Merlin Milton moft MORTE ARTHUR moſt muſt obferves occafion Onomacritus Ophion Orlando Orpheus Orthrus paffage Paftorals poem poet preſent prince publiſhed QUESTING BEAST reaſon reft repreſented rhyme round table ſeems ſeen Shakeſpeare ſhall ſhe ſhould Sir Dagonet ſome ſpeaking Spenfer ſtanza ſtory ſuch ſuppoſed tale Talus thefe theſe thofe thoſe tranflated Triftram twelve unto uſed verfe verſes word
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Page 222 - And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion; and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
Page 16 - Flowers worthy of Paradise, which not nice Art In beds and curious knots, but Nature boon Pour'd forth profuse on hill, and dale, and plain...
Page 125 - But shall I tel thee a tale of truth, Which I cond of Tityrus in my youth, Keeping his sheepe on the hils of Kent?
Page 120 - What recks it them? What need they? They are sped; And when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw ; The hungry sheep look up and are not fed, But swoln with wind and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly and foul contagion spread; Besides what the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing said. But that two-handed engine at the door Stands ready to smite once and smite no more.
Page 5 - Arthur, before he was king, the image of a brave knight, perfected in the twelve private moral virtues, as Aristotle hath devised, the which is the purpose of these first twelve books...
Page 136 - The laurell, meed of mightie conquerours And poets sage ; the firre that weepeth still ; The willow, worne of forlorne paramours; The eugh, obedient to the benders will; The birch for shaftes; the sallow for the mill; The mirrhe sweete-bleeding in the bitter wound; The warlike beech ; the ash for nothing ill ; The fruitfull olive; and the platane round; The carver holme; the maple seeldom inward sound.
Page 126 - ... praise of many, which are due to this Poet, that he hath laboured to restore, as to their rightful heritage, such good and natural English words, as have been long time out of use, and almost clean disherited.
Page 16 - If there be any poem whose graces please because they are situated beyond the reach of art, and where the force and faculties of creative imagination delight, because they are unassisted and unrestrained by those of deliberate judgment, it is this.
Page 134 - But let no rebel satyr dare traduce Th' eternal legends of thy faerie Muse, Renowned Spenser : whom no earthly wight Dares once to emulate, much less dares despight. Salust * of France, and Tuscan Ariost, Yield up the...
Page 96 - But sooth it was not sure for womanish shame, Nor any blemish, which the worke mote blame; But for, they say, she hath both kinds in one, Both male and female, both under one name: She syre and mother is her selfe alone, Begets and eke conceives, ne needeth other none.