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Page 112
“ This matter , ” says Ascham , after expressing his opinion that the verse of Plautus and Terence and of the oldest Latin poets generally is very poor and crude , “ maketh me gladly remember my sweet time spent at Cambridge , and the ...
“ This matter , ” says Ascham , after expressing his opinion that the verse of Plautus and Terence and of the oldest Latin poets generally is very poor and crude , “ maketh me gladly remember my sweet time spent at Cambridge , and the ...
Page 311
Thus the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge have been called the two eyes of England ; while Ben Jonson called Edinburgh " The heart of Scotland , Britain's other eye , ” London , of course , being the first . 241 , 242 .
Thus the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge have been called the two eyes of England ; while Ben Jonson called Edinburgh " The heart of Scotland , Britain's other eye , ” London , of course , being the first . 241 , 242 .
Page 316
In a Latin oratorical exercise of Milton during his days of Cambridge studentship , on the odd subject of the respective merits of Day and Night ( " Utrum Dies an Nox pręstantior sit ? " ) , there are passages of description similar to ...
In a Latin oratorical exercise of Milton during his days of Cambridge studentship , on the odd subject of the respective merits of Day and Night ( " Utrum Dies an Nox pręstantior sit ? " ) , there are passages of description similar to ...
Page 350
... Vice- Master of Trinity College , Cambridge , and one of the editors of the Cambridge Shakespeare . Chancing , early in 1859 , to read this piece of Milton's with some care , and fastening on the little bit of prose with which this ...
... Vice- Master of Trinity College , Cambridge , and one of the editors of the Cambridge Shakespeare . Chancing , early in 1859 , to read this piece of Milton's with some care , and fastening on the little bit of prose with which this ...
Page 359
The lines , as the draft of them among the Cambridge MSS . shows , were written “ to be set on a clock - case . " Compare Shakespeare's Sonnet lxxvii . I 2 . “ individual " : meaning here “ The Passion . 359.
The lines , as the draft of them among the Cambridge MSS . shows , were written “ to be set on a clock - case . " Compare Shakespeare's Sonnet lxxvii . I 2 . “ individual " : meaning here “ The Passion . 359.
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