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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... wrote at least one of his poems in almost perfectly pure southern English , and in his Scots ones constantly uses southern as well as northern forms - go as well as ga , two as well as twa and tway , alone and alane , stone and stane ...
... wrote at least one of his poems in almost perfectly pure southern English , and in his Scots ones constantly uses southern as well as northern forms - go as well as ga , two as well as twa and tway , alone and alane , stone and stane ...
Page 245
... wrote many of the tales , and had George Ferrers for his chief collaborator . A portion was printed in 1554 , and the whole in several parts in 1599-1610 . Sackville apparently had no hand in the original design ; but when poli- tical ...
... wrote many of the tales , and had George Ferrers for his chief collaborator . A portion was printed in 1554 , and the whole in several parts in 1599-1610 . Sackville apparently had no hand in the original design ; but when poli- tical ...
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... wrote plays in which Shirley had a hand ) . Her verse is diffuse and rambling , but in an artificial age she had a ... wrote numerous gay and sparkling songs ( occasionally with too much freedom ) , and the generous Lord Dorset handled ...
... wrote plays in which Shirley had a hand ) . Her verse is diffuse and rambling , but in an artificial age she had a ... wrote numerous gay and sparkling songs ( occasionally with too much freedom ) , and the generous Lord Dorset handled ...
Contents
HALFHEATHEN POETRY | 7 |
LATIN WRITERS BEFORE ÆLFRED | 16 |
POETRY FROM ALFRED TO THE CONQUEST | 23 |
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