A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John Mandeville to William Cowper : Consisting of Biographical Sketches of the Authors, Selections from Their Works, with Notes, Explanatory, Illustrative, and Directing to the Best Editions and to Various Criticisms : Designed as a Text-book for the Higher Classes in Schools and for Junior Classes in Colleges, as Well as for Private Reading |
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Paraphrase of the same , HENRY HOWARD , EARL OF SURREY Prisoner in
Windsor . . . . . . Dr . Nott ' s Comparison between Surrey and Wyatt , ( note ) . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . The Frailty of Beauty . . . . . . . . . . . . . In Praise of his Lady - love .
Paraphrase of the same , HENRY HOWARD , EARL OF SURREY Prisoner in
Windsor . . . . . . Dr . Nott ' s Comparison between Surrey and Wyatt , ( note ) . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . The Frailty of Beauty . . . . . . . . . . . . . In Praise of his Lady - love .
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126 SIR PHILIP SIDNEY . Description of Arcadia . . Pamela and Philoclea . . . . .
Description of a Stag - hunt . . His Defence of Poesy . . . . . . Character of the Poet .
. . . Philosopher , Historian , and Poet , compared . . . . In Praise of Poesy .
126 SIR PHILIP SIDNEY . Description of Arcadia . . Pamela and Philoclea . . . . .
Description of a Stag - hunt . . His Defence of Poesy . . . . . . Character of the Poet .
. . . Philosopher , Historian , and Poet , compared . . . . In Praise of Poesy .
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222 The Praise of a Solitary Life . . . . . . 190 Lines from Shakspeare , ( note ) . .
222 On Sleep . . . . . . . . 191 The Miseries of a Man ' s Life . . . . . 223 On Spring . . .
. . . . . . . 191 Dawn and Progress of Reason . . . . 223 To his Lute . . . . . . . 191
What ...
222 The Praise of a Solitary Life . . . . . . 190 Lines from Shakspeare , ( note ) . .
222 On Sleep . . . . . . . . 191 The Miseries of a Man ' s Life . . . . . 223 On Spring . . .
. . . . . . . 191 Dawn and Progress of Reason . . . . 223 To his Lute . . . . . . . 191
What ...
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1 “ In all stages of society , those unquestionably deserve the highest praise ,
who outstep the rest of their contemporaries ; who rise up in solitary majesty
amidst a host of prejudices and errors , combating intrepidly on one side , though
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1 “ In all stages of society , those unquestionably deserve the highest praise ,
who outstep the rest of their contemporaries ; who rise up in solitary majesty
amidst a host of prejudices and errors , combating intrepidly on one side , though
...
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It is in a style of poetical feeling uncommon not only in that but many subsequent
ages , and has been quoted with high praise by the most distinguished Scottish
historians and critics . “ A ! fredome is a nobill thing ! Fredome mayse man to haiff
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It is in a style of poetical feeling uncommon not only in that but many subsequent
ages , and has been quoted with high praise by the most distinguished Scottish
historians and critics . “ A ! fredome is a nobill thing ! Fredome mayse man to haiff
...
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| Title | A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John Mandeville to William Cowper : Consisting of Biographical Sketches of the Authors, Selections from Their Works, with Notes, Explanatory, Illustrative, and Directing to the Best Editions and to Various Criticisms ... |
| Author | Charles Dexter Cleveland |
| Publisher | E.C. and J. Biddle, 1852 |
| Length | 776 pages |
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