Specimens of the Early English Poets: To which is Prefixed, an Historical Sketch of the Rise and Progress of the English Poetry and Language, |
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... John Heywood , SPECIMENS . 27 George Boleyn , visct . Rochford , 1500 ? 1536 28 Sir Thomas Wyatt , · 1503 1541 29 Thomas Vaux , Lord Vaux , - 1507 ? abt . 1557 30 Henry Howard , Earl of Surrey , 31 John Hall , 32 Nicholas Grimoald , 33 ...
... John Heywood , SPECIMENS . 27 George Boleyn , visct . Rochford , 1500 ? 1536 28 Sir Thomas Wyatt , · 1503 1541 29 Thomas Vaux , Lord Vaux , - 1507 ? abt . 1557 30 Henry Howard , Earl of Surrey , 31 John Hall , 32 Nicholas Grimoald , 33 ...
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... Sir Edward Dyer , 46 Henry Willoby , - 47 Dr John Still , 48 Robert Green , 49 Humfrey Gifford , 50 Sir Walter Raleigh , 51 Timothy Kendall , 52 Edmund Spenser , 53 John Lylie , 54 Sir Philip Sidney , · · - 1535 ? 1540 ? 1578 ? 1540 ...
... Sir Edward Dyer , 46 Henry Willoby , - 47 Dr John Still , 48 Robert Green , 49 Humfrey Gifford , 50 Sir Walter Raleigh , 51 Timothy Kendall , 52 Edmund Spenser , 53 John Lylie , 54 Sir Philip Sidney , · · - 1535 ? 1540 ? 1578 ? 1540 ...
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... Sir John Davis , 76 William Smith , - - 77 Dr John Donne , 78 Dr Joseph Hall , - 79 Ben Jonson , " 80 Richard Barnfeild , 81 Henry Peacham , 82 Thomas Campion , 83 John Fletcher , 84 Robert Burton , 85 George Sandys , 86 Thomas Carew ...
... Sir John Davis , 76 William Smith , - - 77 Dr John Donne , 78 Dr Joseph Hall , - 79 Ben Jonson , " 80 Richard Barnfeild , 81 Henry Peacham , 82 Thomas Campion , 83 John Fletcher , 84 Robert Burton , 85 George Sandys , 86 Thomas Carew ...
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... Lord Herbert of Cherbury , - 1582 1640 1630 1621 1648 92 Francis Davison , 1582 ? 16- 93 Sir John Beaumont , 94 Phineas Fletcher , 95 Francis Beaumont , - 96 William Drummond , 97 Sir Francis Kinaston , 98 David Murray , - 99 Giles ...
... Lord Herbert of Cherbury , - 1582 1640 1630 1621 1648 92 Francis Davison , 1582 ? 16- 93 Sir John Beaumont , 94 Phineas Fletcher , 95 Francis Beaumont , - 96 William Drummond , 97 Sir Francis Kinaston , 98 David Murray , - 99 Giles ...
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... Sir Kenelm Digby , 117 Dr Jasper Mayne , 118 Dr James Smith , · - - 119 Sir William D'Avenant , 120 Edmond Waller , 121 William Habington , 122 Thomas Randolph , 123 Sir Richard Fanshaw , 124 Sir Aston Cokain , 125 John Milton , · 126 Sir ...
... Sir Kenelm Digby , 117 Dr Jasper Mayne , 118 Dr James Smith , · - - 119 Sir William D'Avenant , 120 Edmond Waller , 121 William Habington , 122 Thomas Randolph , 123 Sir Richard Fanshaw , 124 Sir Aston Cokain , 125 John Milton , · 126 Sir ...
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Page 324 - Now have we many chimneys ; and yet our tenderlings complain of rheums, catarrhs, and poses ; then had we none but reredosses, and our heads did never ache. For as the smoke in those days was supposed to be a sufficient hardening for the timber of the house, so it was reputed a far better medicine to keep the good-man and his family from the quack or pose, wherewith, as then, very few were acquainted.
Page 326 - As for servants, if they had any sheet above them, it was well, for seldom had they any under their bodies to keep them from the...
Page 331 - Rushes green!" another gan greet; One bade me buy a hood to cover my head, But for want of Money I might not be sped, Then I hied me into East Cheap; One cries "Ribs of beef," and many a pie; Pewter pots they clattered on a heap, There was harp, pipe, and minstrelsie. "Yea, by cock!
Page 303 - As for the time (though I of mirthis food Might have no more) to look it did me good.
Page 208 - Gower will find smooth numbers and easy rhymes, of which Chaucer is supposed to have been the inventor, and the French words, whether good or bad, of which Chaucer is charged as the importer. Some innovations he might probably make, like others, in the infancy of our poetry, which the paucity of books does not allow us to discover with particular exactness; but the works of Gower...
Page 278 - Austin or Guy Earl of Warwick, ludicrous " or legendary, religious or romantic, a history " or an allegory, he writes with facility. His...
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Page 306 - And in my head I drew right hastily; And eft-soones I lent it forth again : And saw her walk that very womanly. With no wight mo'° but only women twain.
Page 323 - Mary's days to wonder, but chiefly when they saw what large diet was used in many of these so homely cottages; insomuch that one of no small reputation amongst them said after this manner — "These English (quoth he) have their houses made of sticks and dirt, but they fare commonly so well as the king.
Page 331 - I saw where hung mine owne hood, That I had lost among the throng; To buy my own hood I thought it wrong: I knew it, well as I did my creed; But, for lack of money, I could not speed. The taverner took me by the sleeve,