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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English poets George Ellis. OF THE Early English Poets , TO WHICH IS PREFIXED AN HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE ENGLISH POETRY AND LANGUAGE ; IN THREE VOLUMES . BY GEORGE ELLIS , ESQ . VOL . II . LONDON : PRINTED BY W ...
English poets George Ellis. OF THE Early English Poets , TO WHICH IS PREFIXED AN HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE ENGLISH POETRY AND LANGUAGE ; IN THREE VOLUMES . BY GEORGE ELLIS , ESQ . VOL . II . LONDON : PRINTED BY W ...
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English poets George Ellis. CONTENTS OF VOL , II . CHAP . XVI . REIGN OF HENRY VIII . SKELTON - William Roy . - John Heywood . - Sir David Lindsay . - The Mourning Maiden . page 1 SPECIMENS . Reign of Henry VIII . continued . 4.1 . Reign ...
English poets George Ellis. CONTENTS OF VOL , II . CHAP . XVI . REIGN OF HENRY VIII . SKELTON - William Roy . - John Heywood . - Sir David Lindsay . - The Mourning Maiden . page 1 SPECIMENS . Reign of Henry VIII . continued . 4.1 . Reign ...
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... poets , furnished an abundant supply of metrical romances , Christmas carols , and other popular compositions . Henry himself is known to have been a proficient in music , and was perhaps an occasional writer of poetry ; * and though ...
... poets , furnished an abundant supply of metrical romances , Christmas carols , and other popular compositions . Henry himself is known to have been a proficient in music , and was perhaps an occasional writer of poetry ; * and though ...
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English poets George Ellis. upon the model of the Italian no less than of the French poets ; but the masculine beauties of Boc- cace in the Theseide and Filostrato , had excited his admiration , much more than the gentler graces of ...
English poets George Ellis. upon the model of the Italian no less than of the French poets ; but the masculine beauties of Boc- cace in the Theseide and Filostrato , had excited his admiration , much more than the gentler graces of ...
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