A Bibliographical and Critical Account of the Rarest Books in the English Language: Sabie-Zepheria. IndexD. G. Francis, 1866 |
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... stanzas . He had no great success in any department . He ren- dered Greene's pretty novel almost wearisome . He displayed no skill in classical measures , which he fancied were especially adapted to pastorals , because they had been ...
... stanzas . He had no great success in any department . He ren- dered Greene's pretty novel almost wearisome . He displayed no skill in classical measures , which he fancied were especially adapted to pastorals , because they had been ...
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... stanza is , " Thus did the Psalmist warble out his plaints , And ceaseth not from day to day to mone : His heart with anguish of his sorrowe faints , And still he kneels before his maker's throne ; At midnight sends he manie a grievous ...
... stanza is , " Thus did the Psalmist warble out his plaints , And ceaseth not from day to day to mone : His heart with anguish of his sorrowe faints , And still he kneels before his maker's throne ; At midnight sends he manie a grievous ...
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... stanzas . More than three copies of it have not survived , and though the facts are mainly derived from Stow and other chroniclers , they are not unpoetically narrated , and it was expedient that some facts should be historically stated ...
... stanzas . More than three copies of it have not survived , and though the facts are mainly derived from Stow and other chroniclers , they are not unpoetically narrated , and it was expedient that some facts should be historically stated ...
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... us of Richard Barnfield's more serious and lengthened effusion on the same subject " The Complaint of Poetrie for the death of Liberalitie , " K from which some stanzas might perhaps be advantageously omit- ted 30 Bibliographical Account ...
... us of Richard Barnfield's more serious and lengthened effusion on the same subject " The Complaint of Poetrie for the death of Liberalitie , " K from which some stanzas might perhaps be advantageously omit- ted 30 Bibliographical Account ...
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John Payne Collier. from which some stanzas might perhaps be advantageously omit- ted , but which we prefer to give entire , as we are not aware that it has ever been extracted , or even mentioned : - " Cease , Sunne , to lende thy ...
John Payne Collier. from which some stanzas might perhaps be advantageously omit- ted , but which we prefer to give entire , as we are not aware that it has ever been extracted , or even mentioned : - " Cease , Sunne , to lende thy ...
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afterwards Ailgna appeared Arcadia Ben Jonson called colophon copy death dedication doth Earl Earle of Surrey edition Elizabeth England English Epigrams Francis Gabriel Harvey Gentleman George George Wither give grace hand hath head Henry hexameters honor impression Imprinted at London Jests John Taylor King Lady leaves Liberalitie lines London London Printed Lord Maister mentioned Muse never noble notice original pieces poem poet praise Prince printer production prose published Queen quote Reader reprinted rhyme Richard Richard Jones Richard Tottell Robert sayd seems selfe Shakspeare Sidney Sir Thomas song sonnet speaks Spenser stanzas Stubbes Tarlton Theatre thee theyr Thomas Dekker thou Thynne tion title-page Tom Long Tottell tract translation Turbervile unto Valentine Simmes verse Vertue volume Watson Whetstone whole wife William woodcut word writer written Wynkyn de Worde
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