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.1821 |
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... an account of these early efforts of the dramatic muse in the regular order of our series , we may perhaps be ex- cused if we venture to supply the deficiency in this place . In the year 1592 was published in quarto a tragedy VOL.
... an account of these early efforts of the dramatic muse in the regular order of our series , we may perhaps be ex- cused if we venture to supply the deficiency in this place . In the year 1592 was published in quarto a tragedy VOL.
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... perhaps be more in keeping if this be done in the words of a contemporary historian , who excelled in his day in narrating such events . " The 25th of March , " says old John Stow under the year 1573 , " being Wednesday in Easter week ...
... perhaps be more in keeping if this be done in the words of a contemporary historian , who excelled in his day in narrating such events . " The 25th of March , " says old John Stow under the year 1573 , " being Wednesday in Easter week ...
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... Perhaps the following specimen of the ancient practice may not be unworthy of their notice . Enter TRAGEDY with a bowl of blood in her hand . Tragedy . Till now you have but sitten to behold , The fatal entrance to our bloody scene ...
... Perhaps the following specimen of the ancient practice may not be unworthy of their notice . Enter TRAGEDY with a bowl of blood in her hand . Tragedy . Till now you have but sitten to behold , The fatal entrance to our bloody scene ...
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... Perhaps it may seem strange unto you all , That one hath not reveng'd another's death , According to the observation of such course : The reason is , that now of truth I sing , And should I add , or else diminish ought , Many of these ...
... Perhaps it may seem strange unto you all , That one hath not reveng'd another's death , According to the observation of such course : The reason is , that now of truth I sing , And should I add , or else diminish ought , Many of these ...
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... perhaps the most correctly finished of all Wyatt's sonnets , and will not suffer by comparison with any similar composition of that age . The Courtier's Life . In courts to serve decked with fresh array , Of sugar'd meats feeling the ...
... perhaps the most correctly finished of all Wyatt's sonnets , and will not suffer by comparison with any similar composition of that age . The Courtier's Life . In courts to serve decked with fresh array , Of sugar'd meats feeling the ...
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