Selected WritingsCarcanet, 1984 - 294 pages |
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... strong claims for Ralegh's achievement in verse . Among his contemporaries George Puttenham2 found the vein of Ralegh's ' dittie and amorous Ode ' to be ' most loftie , insolent , and passionate ' , and for Edmund Spenser3 he was ' the ...
... strong claims for Ralegh's achievement in verse . Among his contemporaries George Puttenham2 found the vein of Ralegh's ' dittie and amorous Ode ' to be ' most loftie , insolent , and passionate ' , and for Edmund Spenser3 he was ' the ...
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... strong poison on their arrows , and most dangerous of all nations , of which poison I will speak somewhat being a digression not unnecessary . There was nothing whereof I was more curious , than to find out the true remedies of these ...
... strong poison on their arrows , and most dangerous of all nations , of which poison I will speak somewhat being a digression not unnecessary . There was nothing whereof I was more curious , than to find out the true remedies of these ...
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... strong argument of union and accord . But the glory of their Persian victories , wherewith they were pampered and made proud , taught them to neglect all Nations but themselves , and the rather to value at little the power and purposes ...
... strong argument of union and accord . But the glory of their Persian victories , wherewith they were pampered and made proud , taught them to neglect all Nations but themselves , and the rather to value at little the power and purposes ...
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
Metrical translations from the History of | 21 |
A farewell to false Love | 27 |
Copyright | |
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