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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... thought , while the economical advancement of the country put life and spirit into every thing , and its growing power and re- nown filled and elevated the national heart . But such periods of quiet and prosperity seem only to be ...
... thought , while the economical advancement of the country put life and spirit into every thing , and its growing power and re- nown filled and elevated the national heart . But such periods of quiet and prosperity seem only to be ...
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... thought most sure , Thou may'st soon deem no earthly joy may dure . Sorrow conducts the poet to the region of departed spirits ; and then follows a long succession of allegoric pictures - including Remorse , Dread ( or Fear ) , Revenge ...
... thought most sure , Thou may'st soon deem no earthly joy may dure . Sorrow conducts the poet to the region of departed spirits ; and then follows a long succession of allegoric pictures - including Remorse , Dread ( or Fear ) , Revenge ...
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... thought them neces- sary . " But Heywood and his coadjutors in this under- taking do not appear to have had any view of bringing Seneca upon the English stage ; nor is it probable that any of their translated dramas were ever acted . In ...
... thought them neces- sary . " But Heywood and his coadjutors in this under- taking do not appear to have had any view of bringing Seneca upon the English stage ; nor is it probable that any of their translated dramas were ever acted . In ...
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... thought necessary to affix marginal explanations of many words , not long before in common use , but now become obsolete and unintelligible . " In the present in- stance this was done , as the author tells us , at the request of a lady ...
... thought necessary to affix marginal explanations of many words , not long before in common use , but now become obsolete and unintelligible . " In the present in- stance this was done , as the author tells us , at the request of a lady ...
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... thought . Although Lyly , in his verse as well as in his prose , is always artificial to excess , his ingenuity and finished elegance are frequently very captivating . Perhaps , indeed , our language is , after all , indebted to this ...
... thought . Although Lyly , in his verse as well as in his prose , is always artificial to excess , his ingenuity and finished elegance are frequently very captivating . Perhaps , indeed , our language is , after all , indebted to this ...
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