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 129
... translations from the Greek , Latin , and all the modern languages , historical legends , devotional poems , pastorals , sonnets , madrigals , acrostics , and humorous and romantic ballads were produced , during this period , with a ...
... translations from the Greek , Latin , and all the modern languages , historical legends , devotional poems , pastorals , sonnets , madrigals , acrostics , and humorous and romantic ballads were produced , during this period , with a ...
Page 141
... translated from the Suppotiti of Ariosto , is dis- tinguished by an uncommon ease and elegance of dialogue ; but in his smaller poems he is certainly too diffuse , and full of conceit . Gascoigne was educated at both universities ...
... translated from the Suppotiti of Ariosto , is dis- tinguished by an uncommon ease and elegance of dialogue ; but in his smaller poems he is certainly too diffuse , and full of conceit . Gascoigne was educated at both universities ...
Page 147
... translated from Marcellus Palingenius Stellatus ; a very moral but very tiresome satire , perfectly unconnected with astronomy , printed in 1565. In 1570 he translated , from Naogeorgus , a poem on Antichrist : in 1577 , he did into ...
... translated from Marcellus Palingenius Stellatus ; a very moral but very tiresome satire , perfectly unconnected with astronomy , printed in 1565. In 1570 he translated , from Naogeorgus , a poem on Antichrist : in 1577 , he did into ...
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... translations from the Italian and French , and a collection of poems , devotional , moral , and narrative . Gifford wrote with great facility , as will appear from the following specimens . Something made of Nothing , at a Gentlewoman's ...
... translations from the Italian and French , and a collection of poems , devotional , moral , and narrative . Gifford wrote with great facility , as will appear from the following specimens . Something made of Nothing , at a Gentlewoman's ...
Page 198
... translated from Walter Haddon's Latin poems , 1567. Kendall thought it essential to the diffusion of matrimonial felicity , that such an epitome of the whole duty of married persons , should not be locked up in a learned language . The ...
... translated from Walter Haddon's Latin poems , 1567. Kendall thought it essential to the diffusion of matrimonial felicity , that such an epitome of the whole duty of married persons , should not be locked up in a learned language . The ...
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