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English poets George Ellis. OF THE Carly English Poets , TO WHICH IS
PREFIXED AN HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE
ENGLISH POETRY AND LANGUAGE ; IN THREE VOLUMES . BY GEORGE
ELLIS , ESQ ...
English poets George Ellis. OF THE Carly English Poets , TO WHICH IS
PREFIXED AN HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE
ENGLISH POETRY AND LANGUAGE ; IN THREE VOLUMES . BY GEORGE
ELLIS , ESQ ...
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English poets George Ellis. soon after , imitated by a civilian of Avignon ; who ,
under the name of Antonius de Arena , published , in 1519 , a mock elegiac
poem in Latin , ridiculously interlarded with French . The drollery of these works is
...
English poets George Ellis. soon after , imitated by a civilian of Avignon ; who ,
under the name of Antonius de Arena , published , in 1519 , a mock elegiac
poem in Latin , ridiculously interlarded with French . The drollery of these works is
...
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English poets George Ellis. THOMAS TUSSER Was born ( says Mr . Warton ) at
Rivenhall , in Essex , about the year 1523 , and died in London , A . D . 1580 . He
was of an ancient family : was first placed as a chorister in the collegiate chapel ...
English poets George Ellis. THOMAS TUSSER Was born ( says Mr . Warton ) at
Rivenhall , in Essex , about the year 1523 , and died in London , A . D . 1580 . He
was of an ancient family : was first placed as a chorister in the collegiate chapel ...
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Chaucer , who was supposed to have greatly assisted the doctrines of his
contemporary , Wickliffe , by ridiculing the absurdities , and exposing the
impostures , of the monks , was not only respected as the father of English p «
etry , but revered ...
Chaucer , who was supposed to have greatly assisted the doctrines of his
contemporary , Wickliffe , by ridiculing the absurdities , and exposing the
impostures , of the monks , was not only respected as the father of English p «
etry , but revered ...
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English poets George Ellis. BARNABY GOOGE , A celebrated translator , but of
whose life no particulars are known , except that he was educated at Christ ' s
college , Cambridge , from whence he removed to Staples Inn . Sup . posing him
to ...
English poets George Ellis. BARNABY GOOGE , A celebrated translator , but of
whose life no particulars are known , except that he was educated at Christ ' s
college , Cambridge , from whence he removed to Staples Inn . Sup . posing him
to ...
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| Title | Specimens of the early English poets [ed. by G. Ellis.]. To which is prefixed an historical sketch of the rise and progress of the English poetry and language. By G. Ellis, Volume 2 Specimens of the early English poets [ed. by G. Ellis.]. To which is prefixed an historical sketch of the rise and progress of the English poetry and language. By G. Ellis, English poets |
| Author | English poets |
| Editor | George Ellis |
| Published | 1801 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 21 Jun 2007 |
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