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Page 13
... profe , by the title of his Humble Poet Laureat . 66 We cannot better display the character of this cele- brated , bard than in the following words of Urry . " As to his temper , fays he , he had a mixture of the gay , the modeft and ...
... profe , by the title of his Humble Poet Laureat . 66 We cannot better display the character of this cele- brated , bard than in the following words of Urry . " As to his temper , fays he , he had a mixture of the gay , the modeft and ...
Page 25
... profe and partly in verse , many exquifite learn- ed books , amongft which are eclogues , odes , and fatires . He flourished in the reign of Henry VI . and died in the fixtieth year of his age , ann . 1440 , and was buried in his own ...
... profe and partly in verse , many exquifite learn- ed books , amongft which are eclogues , odes , and fatires . He flourished in the reign of Henry VI . and died in the fixtieth year of his age , ann . 1440 , and was buried in his own ...
Page 64
... me thy torch To find a Church - yard in a Church - porch ; Poverty and poetry his tomb doth enclose , Wherefore good neighbours , be merry in profe . His works according to Winstanley are as fol- low : His 64 The LIFE of.
... me thy torch To find a Church - yard in a Church - porch ; Poverty and poetry his tomb doth enclose , Wherefore good neighbours , be merry in profe . His works according to Winstanley are as fol- low : His 64 The LIFE of.
Page 65
... profe , and dedicated to Walfingham fecre- tary of state . A light Bundle of lively Difcourfes , called Church , yard's Charge 1580 , dedicated to his noble patron the Earl of Surry . A Spark of Friendship , a treatife on that writer ...
... profe , and dedicated to Walfingham fecre- tary of state . A light Bundle of lively Difcourfes , called Church , yard's Charge 1580 , dedicated to his noble patron the Earl of Surry . A Spark of Friendship , a treatife on that writer ...
Page 100
... profe called the English Poet : as for the Epitha- lamion Thamefis , and his Dreams , both mentioned by himself in one of his letters , Mr. Hughes thinks they are ftill preferved , tho ' under diffe- rent names . It appears from what is ...
... profe called the English Poet : as for the Epitha- lamion Thamefis , and his Dreams , both mentioned by himself in one of his letters , Mr. Hughes thinks they are ftill preferved , tho ' under diffe- rent names . It appears from what is ...
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