The Town: Its Memorable Characters and EventsOxford University Press, 1907 - 527 pages |
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Page 44
... poetry throughout , are only to be equalled by a passage in an epitaph we have met with on a Lady of the name ... poet's father . He attended the execution of Mary Queen of Scots , and said aloud , when her head was held up by the ...
... poetry throughout , are only to be equalled by a passage in an epitaph we have met with on a Lady of the name ... poet's father . He attended the execution of Mary Queen of Scots , and said aloud , when her head was held up by the ...
Page 55
... poet to have contemplated with delight , in his fondness for ornaments of that cast ; and the whole building was calculated to impress a mind , more disposed , at that time of life , to admire as a poet , than to quarrel as a critic or ...
... poet to have contemplated with delight , in his fondness for ornaments of that cast ; and the whole building was calculated to impress a mind , more disposed , at that time of life , to admire as a poet , than to quarrel as a critic or ...
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... poet at his word , both for his panegyric and his hint : for it was he that gave Spenser his funeral in Westminster , and he was not of a spirit to treat a great poet , as poets have sometimes been treated with neglect in their lifetime ...
... poet at his word , both for his panegyric and his hint : for it was he that gave Spenser his funeral in Westminster , and he was not of a spirit to treat a great poet , as poets have sometimes been treated with neglect in their lifetime ...
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