Specimens of the early English poets [ed. by G. Ellis.]. To which is prefixed an historical sketch of the rise and progress of the English poetry and language. By G. Ellis, Band 11801 |
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... Henry Howard , Earl of Surrey , 1520 46 26 Lord Vaux , 27 John Hall , - 28 Alexander Scot , 30 Thomas Norton , 1520 55 1520 90 1525 95 29 Clapperton , flourished about 1550 99 108 Born Page 31 Richard Edwards , 1523 109 32 Thomas [ xii ]
... Henry Howard , Earl of Surrey , 1520 46 26 Lord Vaux , 27 John Hall , - 28 Alexander Scot , 30 Thomas Norton , 1520 55 1520 90 1525 95 29 Clapperton , flourished about 1550 99 108 Born Page 31 Richard Edwards , 1523 109 32 Thomas [ xii ]
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... Lord Brook , 1554 234 49 Nicholas Breton , - 1555 240 50 Thomas Lodge , 1556 259 51 George Chapman , 1557 264 52 William Warner , 1558 267 53 Henry Constable , 1559 274 54 Thomas Watson , 1560 277 55 Sir John Harrington , 1561 284 56 ...
... Lord Brook , 1554 234 49 Nicholas Breton , - 1555 240 50 Thomas Lodge , 1556 259 51 George Chapman , 1557 264 52 William Warner , 1558 267 53 Henry Constable , 1559 274 54 Thomas Watson , 1560 277 55 Sir John Harrington , 1561 284 56 ...
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... Lord Herbert of Cherbury , 1581 34 . 78 Dawbridgecourt Belchier , 1581 39 79 Phineas Fletcher , 1582 4.2 80. Sir John Beaumont , 1582 . 44 81 John Fletcher , 1576 Y 82 Francis Beaumont , 1585 S 46 83 William Drummond , 84 David Murray ...
... Lord Herbert of Cherbury , 1581 34 . 78 Dawbridgecourt Belchier , 1581 39 79 Phineas Fletcher , 1582 4.2 80. Sir John Beaumont , 1582 . 44 81 John Fletcher , 1576 Y 82 Francis Beaumont , 1585 S 46 83 William Drummond , 84 David Murray ...
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... Martin Lluellyn , 141 John Dryden , 142 John Collop , 143 Thomas Flatman , 144 Sir Charles Sedley , 145 Robert Veel , 146 Lord Rochester , 147 Sir Francis Fane , VOL . I. 1631 356 1635 362 1639 365 1648 381 1648 384 1650 386 [ xvii ]
... Martin Lluellyn , 141 John Dryden , 142 John Collop , 143 Thomas Flatman , 144 Sir Charles Sedley , 145 Robert Veel , 146 Lord Rochester , 147 Sir Francis Fane , VOL . I. 1631 356 1635 362 1639 365 1648 381 1648 384 1650 386 [ xvii ]
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... Lord Rivers . - Scotish Poets - Robert Henrysoun - Pa- trick Johnstoun - and Mersar . CHAP . XV . REIGN OF HENRY VII . 345 William Dunbar . - Gawin Douglas . - Minor Poets of this Reign , -Stephen Hawes . 372 The Reader is requested to ...
... Lord Rivers . - Scotish Poets - Robert Henrysoun - Pa- trick Johnstoun - and Mersar . CHAP . XV . REIGN OF HENRY VII . 345 William Dunbar . - Gawin Douglas . - Minor Poets of this Reign , -Stephen Hawes . 372 The Reader is requested to ...
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Seite 314 - Now have we many chimneys ; and yet our tenderlings complain of rheums, catarrhs, and poses ; then had we none but reredosses, and our heads did never ache. For as the smoke in those days was supposed to be a sufficient hardening for the timber of the house, so it was reputed a far better medicine to keep the good-man and his family from the quack or pose, wherewith, as then, very few were acquainted.
Seite 229 - Freedom the zest to pleasure gives— He lives at ease who freely lives. Grief, sickness, poortith, want, are all Summ'd up within the name of thrall.
Seite 11 - In English, and in writing of our tongue, " So pray I to God that none mis-write thee...
Seite 269 - Occleve led the way : and that he is the " first of our writers whose style is clothed with " that perspicuity in which the English phraseology " appears at this day, to an English reader.
Seite 42 - IT WAS FROM ENGLAND AND NORMANDY THAT THE FRENCH RECEIVED THE FIRST WORKS WHICH DESERVE TO BE CITED IN THEIR LANGUAGE.
Seite 316 - ... and thereto a sack of chaff to rest his head upon, he thought himself to be as well lodged as the lord of the town...
Seite 321 - I saw where hung my own6 hood, That I had lost among the throng : To buy my own hood I thought it wrong; I knew it as well as I did my creed; But, for lack of money, I could not speed. The Taverner took me by the sleeve; "Sir," saith he,
Seite 207 - I have observed that a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or a fair man, of a mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor; with other particulars of a like nature, that conduce very much to the right understanding of an author.
Seite 344 - Bruce," says an elegant critic, " is evidently the work of a politician as well as poet. The characters of the king, of his brother, of Douglas, and of the earl of Moray, are discriminated, and their separate talents always employed with judgment ; so that every event is prepared and rendered probable by the means to which it is attributed ; whereas the life of Wallace is a mere romance, in which the hero hews down whole squadrons with his single arm, and is indebted for every victory to his own...
Seite 224 - When Alexander our king was dead, That Scotland led in love and lee, ' Away was sons * of ale and bread, Of wine and wax, ofgamyn and glee : Our gold was changed into lead.