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Page ix
... Queen helped Shakspeare to many hints , ' and ' the second volume of the Faiery Queen was published in 1596. ' To this I would add , what Chalmers himself should have stated , that although the second volume of Spenser's poem was not ...
... Queen helped Shakspeare to many hints , ' and ' the second volume of the Faiery Queen was published in 1596. ' To this I would add , what Chalmers himself should have stated , that although the second volume of Spenser's poem was not ...
Page x
... Queen's displeasure , Mr. Massey supposes that the play was written some time before , when it was thought probable that the Queen's consent might have been obtained , and he accordingly places it in 1595. He goes further and believes ...
... Queen's displeasure , Mr. Massey supposes that the play was written some time before , when it was thought probable that the Queen's consent might have been obtained , and he accordingly places it in 1595. He goes further and believes ...
Page xii
... Queen of Scots , and with no other . Queen Elizabeth could not bear to hear her commended ; and her successor would not forgive her satirist . ' ' She is called a mermaid , 1. To denote her reign over a kingdom situate in the sea , and ...
... Queen of Scots , and with no other . Queen Elizabeth could not bear to hear her commended ; and her successor would not forgive her satirist . ' ' She is called a mermaid , 1. To denote her reign over a kingdom situate in the sea , and ...
Page xiii
... Queen Elizabeth is probably the only part of Warburton's theory with which any one will agree . Ritson and others have pointed out important discrepancies in his interpretation which is really not worth serious investigation . But War ...
... Queen Elizabeth is probably the only part of Warburton's theory with which any one will agree . Ritson and others have pointed out important discrepancies in his interpretation which is really not worth serious investigation . But War ...
Page xiv
... Queen Elizabeth and the Lady Douglas , Countess of Sheffield , to whom he was believed to be privately married . The aim which he took at a fair vestal throned by the west is the attempt made by him upon this occasion to win the hand of ...
... Queen Elizabeth and the Lady Douglas , Countess of Sheffield , to whom he was believed to be privately married . The aim which he took at a fair vestal throned by the west is the attempt made by him upon this occasion to win the hand of ...
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