Biographical Sketches of Eminent British Poets Chronologically Arranged from Chaucer to Burns, with Criticisms on Their Works, Selected from the Most Distinguished WritersCommissioners of National Education in Ireland, 1854 - 12 pages |
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... Johnson , Samuel ,. 361 Jonson , Ben , 496 Milton , John , 119 More , Hannah , 425 Parnell , Thomas ,. 478 Pope , Alexander , 444 Prior , Matthew , 1 Quarles , Francis , 358 Raleigh , Sir Walter , 419 Ken , Thomas , 412 King , Henry ...
... Johnson , Samuel ,. 361 Jonson , Ben , 496 Milton , John , 119 More , Hannah , 425 Parnell , Thomas ,. 478 Pope , Alexander , 444 Prior , Matthew , 1 Quarles , Francis , 358 Raleigh , Sir Walter , 419 Ken , Thomas , 412 King , Henry ...
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... Ben Jonson . But these fragments alone will not entitle their authors to be enrolled among Sacred poets . They indicate the taste of their age , rather than their own- a fact which may be thought to stand rather in painful contrast with ...
... Ben Jonson . But these fragments alone will not entitle their authors to be enrolled among Sacred poets . They indicate the taste of their age , rather than their own- a fact which may be thought to stand rather in painful contrast with ...
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... Ben Jonson on Sir Philip Sidney and his sistor , the Countess of Pembroke . THOSE who have read with attention the interesting reign of Queen Elizabeth , must recollect the brilliant , gallant , but unfortunate Sir Philip Sidney , one ...
... Ben Jonson on Sir Philip Sidney and his sistor , the Countess of Pembroke . THOSE who have read with attention the interesting reign of Queen Elizabeth , must recollect the brilliant , gallant , but unfortunate Sir Philip Sidney , one ...
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... popular compositio 1 , his " Defence of Poesy , " which was commenced in 1581 , and was a special favourite with the most eminent poetical writers of that age . Wither , Ben Jonson , and Warton have SIR PHILIP SIDNEY . 45.
... popular compositio 1 , his " Defence of Poesy , " which was commenced in 1581 , and was a special favourite with the most eminent poetical writers of that age . Wither , Ben Jonson , and Warton have SIR PHILIP SIDNEY . 45.
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IRELAND Ireland -1922. Commissioners of National Education. age . Wither , Ben Jonson , and Warton have extolled Vits merits in the warmest terms . min to summo Sidney was disappointed in love , having been sin- cerely attached to Lady ...
IRELAND Ireland -1922. Commissioners of National Education. age . Wither , Ben Jonson , and Warton have extolled Vits merits in the warmest terms . min to summo Sidney was disappointed in love , having been sin- cerely attached to Lady ...
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