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 21801 |
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Page 87
... worth preserving , but it is rather singular that the best of these should be a drinking song . It is extracted from a play called Gammer Gurton's Needle , first printed in 1551 . DRINKING SONG . I CANNOT eat but little meat My [ 87 ]
... worth preserving , but it is rather singular that the best of these should be a drinking song . It is extracted from a play called Gammer Gurton's Needle , first printed in 1551 . DRINKING SONG . I CANNOT eat but little meat My [ 87 ]
Page 106
... still continuing , it was again edited by Richard Niccols , in 1610 , with the addition of a 66 a winter night's vision , " and of a new poem , called " England's Eliza . " The Toxophilus , by Roger Ascham , and the " [ 106 ]
... still continuing , it was again edited by Richard Niccols , in 1610 , with the addition of a 66 a winter night's vision , " and of a new poem , called " England's Eliza . " The Toxophilus , by Roger Ascham , and the " [ 106 ]
Page 115
... called up to court by his patron , Wil- liam lord Paget ; but , at the end of about ten years , ex- changed the life of a courtier for the profession of a farmer , which he successively practised at Ratwood in Sussex , Ipswich ...
... called up to court by his patron , Wil- liam lord Paget ; but , at the end of about ten years , ex- changed the life of a courtier for the profession of a farmer , which he successively practised at Ratwood in Sussex , Ipswich ...
Page 131
... called forth by the patronage of the court , by the incentive of general applause , and by the hopes of raising the literary glory of our nation to a level with that , which was the result of its political and military triumphs . It ...
... called forth by the patronage of the court , by the incentive of general applause , and by the hopes of raising the literary glory of our nation to a level with that , which was the result of its political and military triumphs . It ...
Page 178
... dolefully doth howl and cry : " Her foe is called Deadly Sin , " That proffer'd her this villainy . " My name is Time , whom God hath sent " To warn thee of thy soul's decay : " In time , therefore , thy sins lament , [ 178 ]
... dolefully doth howl and cry : " Her foe is called Deadly Sin , " That proffer'd her this villainy . " My name is Time , whom God hath sent " To warn thee of thy soul's decay : " In time , therefore , thy sins lament , [ 178 ]
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