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Page iii
... called The Wisdom of Doctor Dodypoll , 1600 , where an enchanter says : " ' Twas I that led you through the painted meads When the light fairies danc'd upon the flowers , Hanging on every leaf an orient pearl . ' Malone pointed out that ...
... called The Wisdom of Doctor Dodypoll , 1600 , where an enchanter says : " ' Twas I that led you through the painted meads When the light fairies danc'd upon the flowers , Hanging on every leaf an orient pearl . ' Malone pointed out that ...
Page iv
... called A Midsummer Night's Dreame , wythe the freakes of the fayries , ' which is said to have been published in 1595. But Chetwood's descriptions have been pronounced fictitious by Steevens , and the spelling of ' wythe ' is sufficient ...
... called A Midsummer Night's Dreame , wythe the freakes of the fayries , ' which is said to have been published in 1595. But Chetwood's descriptions have been pronounced fictitious by Steevens , and the spelling of ' wythe ' is sufficient ...
Page vii
... called beggary . But how was his death , any more than that of Spenser , to be the occasion of “ some satire keen and critical " ? Every student of our literary history will remember the famous controversy of Nash and Gabriel Harvey ...
... called beggary . But how was his death , any more than that of Spenser , to be the occasion of “ some satire keen and critical " ? Every student of our literary history will remember the famous controversy of Nash and Gabriel Harvey ...
Page viii
... called Wits Miserie , and the Worlds Madnesse ; discovering the Incarnate Devils of this age . ' Lodge's tract was printed in 1596 , and as he mentions other poets and suppresses Shakespeare's name Chalmers infers that Shakespeare in ...
... called Wits Miserie , and the Worlds Madnesse ; discovering the Incarnate Devils of this age . ' Lodge's tract was printed in 1596 , and as he mentions other poets and suppresses Shakespeare's name Chalmers infers that Shakespeare in ...
Page xii
... called a mermaid , 1. To denote her reign over a kingdom situate in the sea , and 2. Her beauty and intemperate lust . ' That she was on a dolphin's back points to her marriage with the dauphin of France . ' Uttering such dulcet and ...
... called a mermaid , 1. To denote her reign over a kingdom situate in the sea , and 2. Her beauty and intemperate lust . ' That she was on a dolphin's back points to her marriage with the dauphin of France . ' Uttering such dulcet and ...
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