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Thomas Warton. CONTENTS . SECT . VIII . OF Spenser's imitations of himself .1 SECT . IX . Mr. Upton's opinion concerning several passages in Spenser , examined 47 SECT . X. Of Spenser's allegorical character 71 SECT . XI . Containing ...
Thomas Warton. CONTENTS . SECT . VIII . OF Spenser's imitations of himself .1 SECT . IX . Mr. Upton's opinion concerning several passages in Spenser , examined 47 SECT . X. Of Spenser's allegorical character 71 SECT . XI . Containing ...
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Thomas Warton. ON THE FAIRY QUEEN OF SPENSER . SECT . VIII . Of Spenser's Imitations of Himself . COMMENTATORS of less taste than learn- ing , of less discernment than ostentation , have taken infinite pains to point out , and compare ...
Thomas Warton. ON THE FAIRY QUEEN OF SPENSER . SECT . VIII . Of Spenser's Imitations of Himself . COMMENTATORS of less taste than learn- ing , of less discernment than ostentation , have taken infinite pains to point out , and compare ...
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... viii . s . xxix . Prince Arthur enters Orgoglio's castle . Then gan he loudly through the house to call , But no man car'd to answer to his cry , There reign'd a solemne silence over all , Nor voice was heard , nor wight was seen in ...
... viii . s . xxix . Prince Arthur enters Orgoglio's castle . Then gan he loudly through the house to call , But no man car'd to answer to his cry , There reign'd a solemne silence over all , Nor voice was heard , nor wight was seen in ...
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... VIII . what books and stories were then the delight of English readers , and the fashion of the times . I can rede and spell Of the Tales of Canterbury , Some sad stories , some merry ; As Palemon and Arcet , Duke Theseus and Partelet ...
... VIII . what books and stories were then the delight of English readers , and the fashion of the times . I can rede and spell Of the Tales of Canterbury , Some sad stories , some merry ; As Palemon and Arcet , Duke Theseus and Partelet ...
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Page 86 - And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand, full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: And upon her forehead was a name written. MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
Page 87 - And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held : and they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth...
Page 147 - Plucking ripe clusters from the tender shoots ; Their port was more than human, as they stood : I took it for a faery vision Of some gay creatures of the element, That in the colours of the rainbow live, And play i
Page 86 - And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth...
Page 189 - In billows, leave i' the midst a horrid vale. Then with expanded wings he steers his flight Aloft, incumbent on the dusky air That felt unusual weight, till on dry land He lights, if it were land that ever...
Page 88 - In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month; and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
Page 24 - And brought unto him swords, ropes, poison, fire, And all that might him to perdition draw; And bad him choose what death he would desire: •For death was due to him, that had provokt Gods ire.
Page 69 - In reading the works of a poet who lived in a remote age, it is necessary that we should look back upon the customs and manners which prevailed in that age. We should endeavor to place ourselves in the writer's situation and circumstances.
Page 318 - It was the school of fortitude, honor, and affability. Its exercises, like the Grecian games, habituated the youth to fatigue and enterprise, and inspired the noblest sentiments of heroism. It taught gallantry and civility to a savage and ignorant people, and humanized the native ferocity of the northern nations.
Page 272 - Divided into Two Parts. Wherein it is largely evidenced, by divers Arguments, by the concurring Authorities and Resolutions of sundry texts of Scripture ; of the whole Primitive Church, both under the Law and...