Observations on the Fairy Queen of Spenser, Том 1C. Stower, 1807 |
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... beautiful damsels in desolate forests : and probably he might have it in his eye when he wrote the following , as the round table is expressly hinted at- Siquando indigenas revocabo in carmina reges , Arturumque etiam sub terris bella ...
... beautiful damsels in desolate forests : and probably he might have it in his eye when he wrote the following , as the round table is expressly hinted at- Siquando indigenas revocabo in carmina reges , Arturumque etiam sub terris bella ...
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... the reiteration of his rhymes , that he describes these offensive objects minutely . But to return to his Envy . This personage is again introduced , 5. 12. 29. chewing a VOL . I. H snake , of which a most beautiful use is made 97.
... the reiteration of his rhymes , that he describes these offensive objects minutely . But to return to his Envy . This personage is again introduced , 5. 12. 29. chewing a VOL . I. H snake , of which a most beautiful use is made 97.
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Thomas Warton. snake , of which a most beautiful use is made , st . 39 . Then from her mouth the gobbet she does take , The which whyleare she was so greedily Devouring ; even that half - knawen snake , And at him throws it most ...
Thomas Warton. snake , of which a most beautiful use is made , st . 39 . Then from her mouth the gobbet she does take , The which whyleare she was so greedily Devouring ; even that half - knawen snake , And at him throws it most ...
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... beautiful than those of Enna . Nor is he less attentive to the ancient fabulists , where he tells us , that the tree of the Hesperides sprung from this of Proserpine ; that these were thrown in the way of Hippomanes and Atalanta , st ...
... beautiful than those of Enna . Nor is he less attentive to the ancient fabulists , where he tells us , that the tree of the Hesperides sprung from this of Proserpine ; that these were thrown in the way of Hippomanes and Atalanta , st ...
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... beautiful manuscript on vellum , written in short French verse , describing the achievements of Edward the Black Prince . It was composed by the Prince's herald , who attended him close by his person , in all his wars , as was the ...
... beautiful manuscript on vellum , written in short French verse , describing the achievements of Edward the Black Prince . It was composed by the Prince's herald , who attended him close by his person , in all his wars , as was the ...
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1817 LIBRARIES afterwards ancient Apollonius ballad Beast beautiful Bevis bite borrowed Britomartis called castle Caxton censured Charlemagne Chaucer CHIGAN chivalry circumstance Cocytus copied from Ariosto copied from Chaucer Cupid darraine doth dragon edit enchanted English Faerie faire Fairy Queen fiction flesh glitterand golden Harrington hath Henry VII hero hint Homer horn horse Hylas Ibid imitation Italian Jonson Joseph of Arimathea King Arthur King Arthur's Knight's Tale Lady Lake likewise Lond manner mentioned Merlin MICHIGAN Milton Morte Arthur noble old romance Onomacritus Ophion Orlando Orlando Furioso Orpheus Orthrus passage Pastorals poem poet poetry Prince Arthur printed Queen Elizabeth's Questing Beast reader rhyme Rime of Sir round table satires seems Silius Italicus Sir Dagonet Sir Topas Sir Tristram song speaks Spenser Squier's Tale stanza story supposed sword Talus thou tion tongue tree UNIV unto verses word written δε
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Страница 23 - With mazy error under pendent shades Ran nectar, visiting each plant, and fed Flowers worthy of Paradise, which not nice Art In beds and curious knots, but Nature boon Pour'd forth profuse on hill, and dale, and plain...
Страница 72 - ... blind harpers or such like taverne minstrels that give a fit of mirth for a groat, and their matters being for the most part stories of old time, as the tale of sir Topas, the reportes of Bevis of Southampton, Guy of Warwicke, Adam Bell, and Clymme of the Clough, and such other old romances or historicall rimes, made purposely for recreation of the common people at christmasse diners and brideales, and in tavernes and alehouses, and such other places of base resort.
Страница 342 - Through the dear might of Him that walked the waves, Where other groves and other streams along, With nectar pure his oozy locks he laves, And hears the unexpressive nuptial song In the blest kingdoms meek of joy and love. There entertain him all the Saints above, In solemn troops, and sweet societies, That sing, and singing in their glory move, And wipe the tears for ever from his eyes.
Страница 350 - Such forces met not, nor so wide a camp, When Agrican, with all his northern powers, Besieged Albracca, as romances tell, The city...
Страница 348 - Sirens' harmony, That sit upon the nine infolded spheres, And sing to those that hold the vital shears, And turn the adamantine spindle round On which the fate of gods and men is wound. Such sweet compulsion doth in music lie, To lull the daughters of Necessity, And keep unsteady Nature to her law, And the low world in measured motion draw After the heavenly tune, which none can hear Of human mould with gross unpurged ear.
Страница 190 - The eugh obedient to the benders will, The birch for shaftes, the sallow for the mill, The mirrhe sweete bleeding in the bitter wound, The warlike beech, the ash for nothing ill, The fruitful olive, and the platane round, The carver holme, the maple seeldom inward sound.
Страница 338 - The immortal mind that hath forsook Her mansion in this fleshly nook : And of those...
Страница 302 - AND I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
Страница 166 - What recks it them? What need they? They are sped; And, when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, But, swoln with wind and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread; Besides what the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing said. But that two-handed engine at the door Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more.
Страница 21 - Impros?, io canto*. |J3ut it is absurd to think of judging either Ariosto or Spenser by precepts ,which they did not attend to.