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 236
... died in 1560 , before Shakespeare and Marlowe were born . Ronsard , who lived to the confines of old age , died just six months after Shakespeare came of age . The creation of tragedy in France followed a little later , but it was ...
... died in 1560 , before Shakespeare and Marlowe were born . Ronsard , who lived to the confines of old age , died just six months after Shakespeare came of age . The creation of tragedy in France followed a little later , but it was ...
Page 374
... died of a feavour there contracted . ' Whether this record be correct or not , there is little doubt that his illness recurred in March , and that , after revising the will which had been drafted in January , he then duly com- pleted ...
... died of a feavour there contracted . ' Whether this record be correct or not , there is little doubt that his illness recurred in March , and that , after revising the will which had been drafted in January , he then duly com- pleted ...
Page 468
... died Bishop of London . He was born at Rye in 1579 ; was bred at Benet ( Corpus ) , Cambridge ; was left in poverty at his father's death ; in 1607 pro- duced the Woman Hater ; and , dying of the plague in 1625 , was buried in St ...
... died Bishop of London . He was born at Rye in 1579 ; was bred at Benet ( Corpus ) , Cambridge ; was left in poverty at his father's death ; in 1607 pro- duced the Woman Hater ; and , dying of the plague in 1625 , was buried in St ...
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HALFHEATHEN POETRY | 7 |
LATIN WRITERS BEFORE ÆLFRED | 16 |
POETRY FROM ALFRED TO THE CONQUEST | 23 |
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