A Bibliographical and Critical Account of the Rarest Books in the English Language: Sabie-Zepheria. IndexD. G. Francis, 1866 |
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... verse , - Francis Sabie . He began with blank - verse in 1595 , when he reproduced Robert Greene's " Pandosto , the Triumph of Time " ( afterwards called " Dorastus and Fawnia " ) under the title of " The Fisherman's Tale . " In the ...
... verse , - Francis Sabie . He began with blank - verse in 1595 , when he reproduced Robert Greene's " Pandosto , the Triumph of Time " ( afterwards called " Dorastus and Fawnia " ) under the title of " The Fisherman's Tale . " In the ...
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... verse and his hexameters , on the other hand , have received more atten- tion than they deserve.1 " Adam's Complaint " opens thus : — " New formed Adam of the reddish earth , Exilde from Eden , Paradice of pleasure , By Gods decree cast ...
... verse and his hexameters , on the other hand , have received more atten- tion than they deserve.1 " Adam's Complaint " opens thus : — " New formed Adam of the reddish earth , Exilde from Eden , Paradice of pleasure , By Gods decree cast ...
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... verse of any kind through- out the 269 pages to which the first and second parts extend : the prose is stiff and stilted , and alliteration comes in , now and then , as a sort of relief and lightening of the burden of the narrative . At ...
... verse of any kind through- out the 269 pages to which the first and second parts extend : the prose is stiff and stilted , and alliteration comes in , now and then , as a sort of relief and lightening of the burden of the narrative . At ...
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... verse " ( and Milton , long after him , " lofty rhyme " ) , but does not omit to inform us , in the fol- lowing brief paragraph , the sort of reading to which he would . limit the fair sex . " And yet , notwithstandyng al this , I would ...
... verse " ( and Milton , long after him , " lofty rhyme " ) , but does not omit to inform us , in the fol- lowing brief paragraph , the sort of reading to which he would . limit the fair sex . " And yet , notwithstandyng al this , I would ...
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... verse , to the use of all English Christendome , except Court and Cittie . By R. F. Gent . London Printed by Valentine Simmes & c . 1605 . 4to . 79 leaves . Very few copies of this translation exist ; but one , we are in- formed , bears ...
... verse , to the use of all English Christendome , except Court and Cittie . By R. F. Gent . London Printed by Valentine Simmes & c . 1605 . 4to . 79 leaves . Very few copies of this translation exist ; but one , we are in- formed , bears ...
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