Specimens of the Early English Poets, Volume 1Nicol, 1803 - 424 pages |
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Page i
... . I. LONDON : PRINTED BY W. BULMER AND CO . FOR G. AND W. NICOL , BOOKSELLERS TO HIS MAJESTY , PALL - MALL ; AND J. HATCHARD , PICCADILLY . 1803 . 101 PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION . THE first edition SPECIMENS OF VOL CHAP.
... . I. LONDON : PRINTED BY W. BULMER AND CO . FOR G. AND W. NICOL , BOOKSELLERS TO HIS MAJESTY , PALL - MALL ; AND J. HATCHARD , PICCADILLY . 1803 . 101 PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION . THE first edition SPECIMENS OF VOL CHAP.
Page iv
... printed his " Bibliographia Poetica , a Catalogue of " English Poets of the twelfth , thirteenth , fourteenth , " fifteenth , and sixteenth centuries , with a short ac- " count of their Works . " It is said to be completed , and ...
... printed his " Bibliographia Poetica , a Catalogue of " English Poets of the twelfth , thirteenth , fourteenth , " fifteenth , and sixteenth centuries , with a short ac- " count of their Works . " It is said to be completed , and ...
Page vi
... printed copies with two excellent MSS . in the Cotton Library ; and who had the farther com- plaisance to supply the literal English version , as well as the learned notes with which it is accompanied . ADVERTISEMENT TO THE THIRD ...
... printed copies with two excellent MSS . in the Cotton Library ; and who had the farther com- plaisance to supply the literal English version , as well as the learned notes with which it is accompanied . ADVERTISEMENT TO THE THIRD ...
Page vii
... printed or manuscript ; for the inser- tion of some new Specimens ; and for much additional information in the notices prefixed to the several authors ; the editor is indebted to the kindness , of his friend Mr. Heber , and to the ...
... printed or manuscript ; for the inser- tion of some new Specimens ; and for much additional information in the notices prefixed to the several authors ; the editor is indebted to the kindness , of his friend Mr. Heber , and to the ...
Page 11
... printed in italics , for the purpose of more easy reference to the glossarial notes , in which their meaning is explained or conjectured . After these short preliminary observations on the language of our ancestors , it becomes ...
... printed in italics , for the purpose of more easy reference to the glossarial notes , in which their meaning is explained or conjectured . After these short preliminary observations on the language of our ancestors , it becomes ...
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