Bibliotheca Anglo-Poetica: Or a Descriptive Catalogue of a Rare and Rich Collection of Early English Poetry ... Illustrated by Occasional Extracts and Remarks, Critical and BiographicalDavison, 1815 - 481 pages |
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... prefaces his account of John Barbour and Henry the Minstrel , by the following remark . " Although this work is professedly confined to England , yet I cannot pass over two Scotch poets of this period , who have adorned the English lan ...
... prefaces his account of John Barbour and Henry the Minstrel , by the following remark . " Although this work is professedly confined to England , yet I cannot pass over two Scotch poets of this period , who have adorned the English lan ...
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... Preface , or Argument of this Poesie , " then comes the Poem , being an Eclog betweene Da- mætas a Woodman , and Silenus a Prophet of the Shepheards . " 25. BEAUMONT ( Sir John ) .— Bosworth - Field : with a Taste of the variety of ...
... Preface , or Argument of this Poesie , " then comes the Poem , being an Eclog betweene Da- mætas a Woodman , and Silenus a Prophet of the Shepheards . " 25. BEAUMONT ( Sir John ) .— Bosworth - Field : with a Taste of the variety of ...
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... preface to this volume that Christopher Marlow was a favourite with Ben Jonson ; the passage to which he alludes is this : " The strength of his fancy , and the shadowing of it in words he ( Bosworth ) taketh from Mr. Marlow in his Hero ...
... preface to this volume that Christopher Marlow was a favourite with Ben Jonson ; the passage to which he alludes is this : " The strength of his fancy , and the shadowing of it in words he ( Bosworth ) taketh from Mr. Marlow in his Hero ...
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... Preface . Dr. Franklin , in his Life , mentions a volume of poetry , by his maternal grandfather , Peter Folger , of Sherburne Town , in the Island of Nantucket ; the doctor alludes to it as an early specimen of New England poesy ...
... Preface . Dr. Franklin , in his Life , mentions a volume of poetry , by his maternal grandfather , Peter Folger , of Sherburne Town , in the Island of Nantucket ; the doctor alludes to it as an early specimen of New England poesy ...
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... Preface , by Zachary Grey , L.L.D. Adorn'd with a new Set of Cuts ( from the designs of Hogarth ) . 2 Vol . RUSSIA . - Cambridge , printed for J. Bentham , 1744. - The Genuine Remains in Verse and Prose of Mr. Samuel Butler . Pub ...
... Preface , by Zachary Grey , L.L.D. Adorn'd with a new Set of Cuts ( from the designs of Hogarth ) . 2 Vol . RUSSIA . - Cambridge , printed for J. Bentham , 1744. - The Genuine Remains in Verse and Prose of Mr. Samuel Butler . Pub ...
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