Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and Biographical, of British and American Authors, with Specimens of Their Writings, Volumes 1-2Robert Chambers J.B. Alden, 1885 - English literature |
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... Fletcher ( 1584-1650 ) , and Giles Fletcher ( circa 1588-1623 ) Scenes from " Hieronimo " .271 ..234 Thomas Nash ( circa 1564-1600 ) .. .274 Decay of Human Greatness .236 Short Extracts from Plays . 274 Description of Parthenia .. 237 ...
... Fletcher ( 1584-1650 ) , and Giles Fletcher ( circa 1588-1623 ) Scenes from " Hieronimo " .271 ..234 Thomas Nash ( circa 1564-1600 ) .. .274 Decay of Human Greatness .236 Short Extracts from Plays . 274 Description of Parthenia .. 237 ...
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... GILES FLETCHER . These brother - poets were sons of Dr. Giles Fletcher , and cousins of Fletcher the dramatist ; both were clergymen , whose lives afforded but little variety of incident . Phineas was born in 1584 , educated at Eton and ...
... GILES FLETCHER . These brother - poets were sons of Dr. Giles Fletcher , and cousins of Fletcher the dramatist ; both were clergymen , whose lives afforded but little variety of incident . Phineas was born in 1584 , educated at Eton and ...
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... Fletcher proceeds to describe the complex nature and operations of the mind . Intellect is the prince of the Isle of ... GILES FLETCHER published only one poetical production of any length - a sacred poem , entitled Christ's Victory and ...
... Fletcher proceeds to describe the complex nature and operations of the mind . Intellect is the prince of the Isle of ... GILES FLETCHER published only one poetical production of any length - a sacred poem , entitled Christ's Victory and ...
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... Giles Fletcher's Bower of Vain Delight would have been unequalled in the poetry of that day ; but probably , like his master , Spenser , he copied from Tasso . Decay of Human Greatness . - From the ' Purple Island . ' Fond man , that ...
... Giles Fletcher's Bower of Vain Delight would have been unequalled in the poetry of that day ; but probably , like his master , Spenser , he copied from Tasso . Decay of Human Greatness . - From the ' Purple Island . ' Fond man , that ...
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... Giles Fletcher . The garden like a lady fair was cut , That lay as if she slumbered in delight , And to the open skies her eyes did shut ; The azure fields of Heaven were ' sembled right In a large round , set with the flowers of light ...
... Giles Fletcher . The garden like a lady fair was cut , That lay as if she slumbered in delight , And to the open skies her eyes did shut ; The azure fields of Heaven were ' sembled right In a large round , set with the flowers of light ...
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