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Page 22
... published his first important work , The Shepheards Calender , and the long deferred advent of a new and true poet was immediately recognised . - Two men had a great influence in moulding Spenser's mind . One was Gabriel Harvey , fellow ...
... published his first important work , The Shepheards Calender , and the long deferred advent of a new and true poet was immediately recognised . - Two men had a great influence in moulding Spenser's mind . One was Gabriel Harvey , fellow ...
Page 34
... published the Faerie Queene . The Jew of Malta , and the chronicle play Edward II . , as well as much inferior dramatic work done in collaboration with Nash , and the exquisite though unfinished narrative poem Hero and Leander , were ...
... published the Faerie Queene . The Jew of Malta , and the chronicle play Edward II . , as well as much inferior dramatic work done in collaboration with Nash , and the exquisite though unfinished narrative poem Hero and Leander , were ...
Page 45
... published in his life- time , and many of the quartos thus issued show by their imperfections that they were printed from an unauthorised copy . But the folio edition , con- taining thirty - six plays , not all of certain author- ship ...
... published in his life- time , and many of the quartos thus issued show by their imperfections that they were printed from an unauthorised copy . But the folio edition , con- taining thirty - six plays , not all of certain author- ship ...
Page 47
... published , and even if we admit that the period of their composition lay between his thirtieth and fortieth years , it must be remembered that even at thirty Shake- speare was already old in experience , and that in his latest plays ...
... published , and even if we admit that the period of their composition lay between his thirtieth and fortieth years , it must be remembered that even at thirty Shake- speare was already old in experience , and that in his latest plays ...
Page 84
... published by Francis Bacon in 1596. But it should be said at once that Bacon's Essays , as we know them , belong really to the reign of James I. They were produced at the same time as the Authorised Version of the Bible , and display ...
... published by Francis Bacon in 1596. But it should be said at once that Bacon's Essays , as we know them , belong really to the reign of James I. They were produced at the same time as the Authorised Version of the Bible , and display ...
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