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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Page 204
... court of James IV . , and in 1511-12 had a salary of forty pounds as usher . About the same time he took part in a play performed before the king and queen at Holyrood . He was in attendance on the king at the church of St Michael ...
... court of James IV . , and in 1511-12 had a salary of forty pounds as usher . About the same time he took part in a play performed before the king and queen at Holyrood . He was in attendance on the king at the church of St Michael ...
Page 227
... court of Rome as well as in Scotland : James , eldest fone to King James the third , wes borne the [ 17th ] day of Marche 1472 , quha eftiruart wes callit James the fourt , and wes ane juste and guide prince . Ane comette mervellus ...
... court of Rome as well as in Scotland : James , eldest fone to King James the third , wes borne the [ 17th ] day of Marche 1472 , quha eftiruart wes callit James the fourt , and wes ane juste and guide prince . Ane comette mervellus ...
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... court he never got ; the king was said to have ordered him a present of three hundred guineas that never reached him ; and he was favoured with an interview with the Duke of Buckingham , who , seeing two court - ladies pass , ran out to ...
... court he never got ; the king was said to have ordered him a present of three hundred guineas that never reached him ; and he was favoured with an interview with the Duke of Buckingham , who , seeing two court - ladies pass , ran out to ...
Contents
HALFHEATHEN POETRY | 7 |
LATIN WRITERS BEFORE ÆLFRED | 16 |
POETRY FROM ALFRED TO THE CONQUEST | 23 |
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