Chamber's Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and Biographical, of Authors in the English Tongue from the Earliest Times Till the Present Day, with Specimens of Their Writings, Volume 1 |
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... appeared on a title - page as that of author of a play . The Two Gentlemen of Verona , a comedy of love and friendship , belongs to the same period . The story resembles one in the Spanish pastoral romance of Diana , by George de ...
... appeared on a title - page as that of author of a play . The Two Gentlemen of Verona , a comedy of love and friendship , belongs to the same period . The story resembles one in the Spanish pastoral romance of Diana , by George de ...
Page 375
... appeared in quarto the folio text discloses numerous differences . The editors declared that the folio text was alone authentic , but this claim cannot be accepted without quali- fication . The imperfect quarto versions of the Merry ...
... appeared in quarto the folio text discloses numerous differences . The editors declared that the folio text was alone authentic , but this claim cannot be accepted without quali- fication . The imperfect quarto versions of the Merry ...
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... Appeared , and serried shields in thick array Of depth immeasurable . Anon they move In perfect phalanx to the Dorian mood Of flutes and soft recorders - such as raised To highth of noblest temper heroes old Arming to battle , and ...
... Appeared , and serried shields in thick array Of depth immeasurable . Anon they move In perfect phalanx to the Dorian mood Of flutes and soft recorders - such as raised To highth of noblest temper heroes old Arming to battle , and ...
Contents
HALFHEATHEN POETRY | 7 |
LATIN WRITERS BEFORE ÆLFRED | 16 |
POETRY FROM ALFRED TO THE CONQUEST | 23 |
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