Sketches of the History of Literature and Learning in England ...: With Specimens of the Principal Writers, Volume 2C. Knight & Company, 1845 - English language |
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... says Baldwynne , in his Dedication " To the Nobility " of a subsequent and en- larged edition of it in 1563 , was begun and part of it printed in Queen Mary's time , but hindered by the Lord 66 " On Monday the 4th of January , " the ...
... says Baldwynne , in his Dedication " To the Nobility " of a subsequent and en- larged edition of it in 1563 , was begun and part of it printed in Queen Mary's time , but hindered by the Lord 66 " On Monday the 4th of January , " the ...
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... say : Alas , I , wretch , whom thus thou see'st distrained , With wasting woes that never shall aslake , SORROW I am ; in endless torments pained Among the Furies in the infernal lake ; Where Pluto , God of Hell , so grisly blake , Doth ...
... say : Alas , I , wretch , whom thus thou see'st distrained , With wasting woes that never shall aslake , SORROW I am ; in endless torments pained Among the Furies in the infernal lake ; Where Pluto , God of Hell , so grisly blake , Doth ...
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... says , " almost form a class by themselves : they are neither miracle - plays nor moral - plays , but what may be properly and strictly called interludes , a species of writing of which he has a claim to be considered the inventor , al ...
... says , " almost form a class by themselves : they are neither miracle - plays nor moral - plays , but what may be properly and strictly called interludes , a species of writing of which he has a claim to be considered the inventor , al ...
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... says that it was written and first printed in 1551. * Wright also , in his Historia Histrionica , first printed in 1699 , states it as his opinion that it was written in the reign of Edward VI . In refutation of all this it is alleged ...
... says that it was written and first printed in 1551. * Wright also , in his Historia Histrionica , first printed in 1699 , states it as his opinion that it was written in the reign of Edward VI . In refutation of all this it is alleged ...
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... says , “ there are two sorts — the one ancient , the other modern : the ancient marked the quantity of each syllable , and , according to that , framed his verse ; the modern observing only number , with some regard to the accent , the ...
... says , “ there are two sorts — the one ancient , the other modern : the ancient marked the quantity of each syllable , and , according to that , framed his verse ; the modern observing only number , with some regard to the accent , the ...
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