A catalogue, bibliographical and critical, of early English literature, forming a portion of the library at Bridgewater house, the property of lord F. Egerton, Volume 79 |
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... seem to show that it had appeared earlier , but no other copy even of this edition has occurred . It is a very elaborate and tedious trifle , and could have had no sale , having been printed , probably , more for the gratification of ...
... seem to show that it had appeared earlier , but no other copy even of this edition has occurred . It is a very elaborate and tedious trifle , and could have had no sale , having been printed , probably , more for the gratification of ...
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... seem to have made up his mind whether this edition by Treveris was the earliest , or whether it had been previously printed by John Doesborowe at Antwerp ; for , on p . 34 , of Vol . iii . of his " Typographical Antiquities , " he ...
... seem to have made up his mind whether this edition by Treveris was the earliest , or whether it had been previously printed by John Doesborowe at Antwerp ; for , on p . 34 , of Vol . iii . of his " Typographical Antiquities , " he ...
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... seems agreed that " The Nut - brown Maid " is not older than the beginning of the sixteenth century , though Hearne , in one of his letters , printed in Restituta , i , p . 70 , would carry it back to the time of Henry V. , and Dr ...
... seems agreed that " The Nut - brown Maid " is not older than the beginning of the sixteenth century , though Hearne , in one of his letters , printed in Restituta , i , p . 70 , would carry it back to the time of Henry V. , and Dr ...
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... seems to have become master . ( Hist . of Engl . Dram . Poetr . and the Stage , i , 70 ) . In the King's Household Books , later in the reign of Henry VIII . , he is sometimes termed 66 Singer , " and at others , " Player on the ...
... seems to have become master . ( Hist . of Engl . Dram . Poetr . and the Stage , i , 70 ) . In the King's Household Books , later in the reign of Henry VIII . , he is sometimes termed 66 Singer , " and at others , " Player on the ...
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... seem vnto me a good warrant both of the possibility and woorth of this matter . But all this while I assure my self I cannot be mistaken by yor L. as if I sowght an office or imployment for myself ; for no man knoweth better then your L ...
... seem vnto me a good warrant both of the possibility and woorth of this matter . But all this while I assure my self I cannot be mistaken by yor L. as if I sowght an office or imployment for myself ; for no man knoweth better then your L ...
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Page 201 - A fruteful and pleasaunt worke of the best state of a publyque weale, and of the newe yle called Utopia...
Page 145 - I sing of dews, of rains, and, piece by piece, Of balm, of oil, of spice, and...
Page 330 - WELBY, HENRY. — The Phoenix of these late times : or the Life of Mr. Henry Welby, Esq., who lived at his house in Grub-street forty foure yeares, and in that space was never seene by any, aged 84 &c.
Page 141 - Fovre Letters \ and certaine Sonnets : \ Especially touching Robert Greene, and \ other parties, by -him abused: \\ But incidently of diners excellent persons, \ and some matters of note.
Page 246 - By the way of controversie betwixt D. Gager and D. Rainoldes, Wherein all the reasons that can be made for them are notably refuted ; th...
Page 146 - His Noble Numbers or his pious Pieces, wherein (amongst other things) he sings the Birth of his Christ, and sighes for his Saviours suffering on the Crosse &c.
Page 190 - It lies not in our power to love, or hate, For will in us is over-rul'd by fate. When two are stript, long ere the course begin, We wish that one should lose, the other win; And one especially do we affect Of two gold ingots, like in each respect. The reason no man knows; let it suffice, What we behold is censur'd by our eyes. Where both deliberate, the love is slight; Who ever lov'd, that lov'd not at first sight?
Page 114 - Ornatus Muliebris Anglicanus, or the severall Habits of English Women from the Nobilitie to the contry Woman, as they are in these times.
Page 299 - ... the pipe and tabor. The writer feigns a dream, in which he saw the ghost of Tarlton, dressed, as he usually was upon the stage, " in russet, with a buttond cap on his head, a great bag by his side, and a strong bat in his hand ; so artificially attired for a Clowne, as I began to call Tarlton's woonted shape to remembrance.
Page 13 - The most ancient and famous History of the renowned Prince Arthur King of Britaine...