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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... the College library , Edinburgh , and will be found in the following page . It is prefixed to Fowler's translation of the Triumphs of Petrarch , a MS . before described . JAMES I. SONNET . We find by proof that into 2 REIGN OF JAMES I.
... the College library , Edinburgh , and will be found in the following page . It is prefixed to Fowler's translation of the Triumphs of Petrarch , a MS . before described . JAMES I. SONNET . We find by proof that into 2 REIGN OF JAMES I.
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... 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 throughout the Old and New Testaments , " appeared in 1636 ...
... 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 throughout the Old and New Testaments , " appeared in 1636 ...
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... Translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses . " ] THE Muses by your favour blest , Fair queen , invite you to their feast . The Graces will rejoice and sue , Since so excell'd , to wait on you . Ambrosia taste , which frees from death , And ...
... Translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses . " ] THE Muses by your favour blest , Fair queen , invite you to their feast . The Graces will rejoice and sue , Since so excell'd , to wait on you . Ambrosia taste , which frees from death , And ...
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... translated from the Dutch , may possibly be thought worth preserving , as a specimen of Batavian fancy . Belchier died in the Low Countries , 1621 , having , ac- cording to Wood , " wrote several poems , and made other translations ...
... translated from the Dutch , may possibly be thought worth preserving , as a specimen of Batavian fancy . Belchier died in the Low Countries , 1621 , having , ac- cording to Wood , " wrote several poems , and made other translations ...
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... translation , and pub- lished in 1657 a small volume of " Poems , Elegies , Paradoxes , and Sonnets . " His Elegies are written on the deaths of Gustavus Adolphus , Prince Henry , Sir Walter Raleigh , Dr. Donne , Ben Jonson , and others ...
... translation , and pub- lished in 1657 a small volume of " Poems , Elegies , Paradoxes , and Sonnets . " His Elegies are written on the deaths of Gustavus Adolphus , Prince Henry , Sir Walter Raleigh , Dr. Donne , Ben Jonson , and others ...
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