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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... born nearly six years after the accession of Queen Elizabeth . His life extended over fifty - two years , and when he died James I. had occupied the throne of England for thirteen years . Of his elder literary contempo- raries , Sir ...
... born nearly six years after the accession of Queen Elizabeth . His life extended over fifty - two years , and when he died James I. had occupied the throne of England for thirteen years . Of his elder literary contempo- raries , Sir ...
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... born , and never can be taught . This is your portion , this your native store ; Heaven , that but once was prodigal before , To Shakespeare gave as much ; she could not give him Maintain your post : that's all the fame you need ; For ...
... born , and never can be taught . This is your portion , this your native store ; Heaven , that but once was prodigal before , To Shakespeare gave as much ; she could not give him Maintain your post : that's all the fame you need ; For ...
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... born in Dublin ( 1581 ) . Sir John Denham was born ( 1615 ) at Dublin , the son of an Irish judge , but was in no other sense an Irishman . But the Hon . Robert Boyle ( born at Lismore Castle in 1627 ) bears the name of a great Anglo ...
... born in Dublin ( 1581 ) . Sir John Denham was born ( 1615 ) at Dublin , the son of an Irish judge , but was in no other sense an Irishman . But the Hon . Robert Boyle ( born at Lismore Castle in 1627 ) bears the name of a great Anglo ...
Contents
HALFHEATHEN POETRY | 7 |
LATIN WRITERS BEFORE ÆLFRED | 16 |
POETRY FROM ALFRED TO THE CONQUEST | 23 |
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