Kentish Poets. A series of writers in English poetry, natives or residents in the county of Kent; with specimens of their compositions and some account of their lives and writings. By R. F. |
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Page 87
The principal poetical work of Sir Philip Sidney , consists of a series of Sonnets
and other short Poems , addressed to a lady with the assumed name of Stella . “
This volume , " says Wood , “ is reputed to have been written in compliment to the
...
The principal poetical work of Sir Philip Sidney , consists of a series of Sonnets
and other short Poems , addressed to a lady with the assumed name of Stella . “
This volume , " says Wood , “ is reputed to have been written in compliment to the
...
Page 131
He hath left his lady , ( for so she is now generally held to be , ) 1500l . a year ,
and most of his moveables and of five children that she fathered upon him at the
parting from her former husband , I do not hear that he provided for more than
three ...
He hath left his lady , ( for so she is now generally held to be , ) 1500l . a year ,
and most of his moveables and of five children that she fathered upon him at the
parting from her former husband , I do not hear that he provided for more than
three ...
Page 147
The lady's are perhaps the most poetical , the poet's certainly the most orthodox .
In Davison's Poetical Rhapsody , " printed in 1602 , is a Poem , entitled “ A
Pastoral Dialogue in praise of Astrea , " the poetical appellation of Queen
Elizabeth ...
The lady's are perhaps the most poetical , the poet's certainly the most orthodox .
In Davison's Poetical Rhapsody , " printed in 1602 , is a Poem , entitled “ A
Pastoral Dialogue in praise of Astrea , " the poetical appellation of Queen
Elizabeth ...
Page 197
The lady is sweet , gentle , has sense , and what is worth all the sense upon earth
, sensibility : -she loves to converse , to read , and to think , and has a high relish
for literary entertainments ; so has her sister . You will certainly be able to make ...
The lady is sweet , gentle , has sense , and what is worth all the sense upon earth
, sensibility : -she loves to converse , to read , and to think , and has a high relish
for literary entertainments ; so has her sister . You will certainly be able to make ...
Page 406
From the Italian of Faustina Maratti , daughter of the celebrated painter ;
addressed to a lady of whom she was jealous . * Lady ! who once the husband of
my choice So well could'st please , that fondly still he tells Of all thy charms , and
still ...
From the Italian of Faustina Maratti , daughter of the celebrated painter ;
addressed to a lady of whom she was jealous . * Lady ! who once the husband of
my choice So well could'st please , that fondly still he tells Of all thy charms , and
still ...
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