Observations on the Fairy Queen of Spenser, Volumes 1-2C. Stower, 1807 |
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... Imitations from old romances SECT . III . Of Spenser's use and abuse of ancient history and 25 mythology ... SECT . IV . · 92 Of Spenser's stanza , versification , and language .... 157 . SECT . V. Of Spenser's Imitations from Chaucer ...
... Imitations from old romances SECT . III . Of Spenser's use and abuse of ancient history and 25 mythology ... SECT . IV . · 92 Of Spenser's stanza , versification , and language .... 157 . SECT . V. Of Spenser's Imitations from Chaucer ...
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... imitation of the Iliad . But this attempt met with little regard or applause for the reason on which its real merit was founded . rejected as an insipid and uninteresting per- formance , having few devils or enchantments to recommend it ...
... imitation of the Iliad . But this attempt met with little regard or applause for the reason on which its real merit was founded . rejected as an insipid and uninteresting per- formance , having few devils or enchantments to recommend it ...
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... they are unassisted and unrestrained by those of deliberate judgment , it is this . In reading Spenser , if the critic is not satisfied , yet the reader is transported . • SECT . II . Of Spenser's Imitations from old 24.
... they are unassisted and unrestrained by those of deliberate judgment , it is this . In reading Spenser , if the critic is not satisfied , yet the reader is transported . • SECT . II . Of Spenser's Imitations from old 24.
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... errantry . And thus , though many of Spenser's incidents are to be found in Ariosto , such as that of blowing a horn , at the sound of which the gates of a castle fly open , 25 SECT II Of Spenser's Imitations from old romances.
... errantry . And thus , though many of Spenser's incidents are to be found in Ariosto , such as that of blowing a horn , at the sound of which the gates of a castle fly open , 25 SECT II Of Spenser's Imitations from old romances.
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... imitation of such a series of action as we frequently find in books of chivalry . For instance - a king's daughter applies to a knight , that he would relieve her father and mother , who are closely confined to their castle upon account ...
... imitation of such a series of action as we frequently find in books of chivalry . For instance - a king's daughter applies to a knight , that he would relieve her father and mother , who are closely confined to their castle upon account ...
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