Specimens of the Early English Poets: To which is Prefixed, an Historical Sketch of the Rise and Progress of the English Poetry and Language, with a Biography of Each Poet, &c, Volume 3H. Washbourne, 1845 |
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... afterwards . His Tragedy , called " Christ's Passion , ” translated from Hugo Grotius , and first printed in 1640 , 12mo , is much praised by Langbaine . His " Paraphrase upon the Psalmes of David , and upon the hymnes dispersed ...
... afterwards . His Tragedy , called " Christ's Passion , ” translated from Hugo Grotius , and first printed in 1640 , 12mo , is much praised by Langbaine . His " Paraphrase upon the Psalmes of David , and upon the hymnes dispersed ...
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... afterwards at Christ - Church , Oxford , where he took the degree of B.A. in 1600. Some time after this he went to Utrecht , where he wrote a comedy called " Hans Beer Pot his In- visible Comedy of See me and See me not , acted in the ...
... afterwards at Christ - Church , Oxford , where he took the degree of B.A. in 1600. Some time after this he went to Utrecht , where he wrote a comedy called " Hans Beer Pot his In- visible Comedy of See me and See me not , acted in the ...
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... afterwards took the degrees of A.B. and A.M. In 1621 he was presented to the bene- fice of Hilgay , in Norfolk , which he seems to have held twenty - nine years . He was the author of " Siceledes , " a piscatory drama or pastoral , 4to ...
... afterwards took the degrees of A.B. and A.M. In 1621 he was presented to the bene- fice of Hilgay , in Norfolk , which he seems to have held twenty - nine years . He was the author of " Siceledes , " a piscatory drama or pastoral , 4to ...
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... afterwards to his native country , where he married , and was in 1626 made a baronet . " The former part of his life , " says Wood , " he successfully employed in poetry , and the latter he as happily bestowed on more serious and ...
... afterwards to his native country , where he married , and was in 1626 made a baronet . " The former part of his life , " says Wood , " he successfully employed in poetry , and the latter he as happily bestowed on more serious and ...
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... afterwards groom of the stole to that prince . TO AURORA . PALE sad Aurora , leave thy showers to rain , ( Of pearl - like chrystal tears thou daily sheds , ) In tender bosoms of the flowery meads , Wailing his death who at Ilion's ...
... afterwards groom of the stole to that prince . TO AURORA . PALE sad Aurora , leave thy showers to rain , ( Of pearl - like chrystal tears thou daily sheds , ) In tender bosoms of the flowery meads , Wailing his death who at Ilion's ...
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