L'allegro, Il Penseroso, Comus, and LycidasAmerican Book Company, 1894 - 74 pages |
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... ancient Greece and Rome ; hence the word is used as a symbol of the comic drama . Ben Jonson ( English dramatist , 1574-1637 ) wrote several famous comedies , and the allusion to " Jonson's learned sock " was doubtless intended as a com ...
... ancient Greece and Rome ; hence the word is used as a symbol of the comic drama . Ben Jonson ( English dramatist , 1574-1637 ) wrote several famous comedies , and the allusion to " Jonson's learned sock " was doubtless intended as a com ...
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... ancient Egyptian philosopher , the supposed author of certain once - famous works on philosophy . 3 " Unsphere the spirit of Plato , " etc. , i.e. , study Plato's philosophy of the immortality of the soul , and of the relation of the ...
... ancient Egyptian philosopher , the supposed author of certain once - famous works on philosophy . 3 " Unsphere the spirit of Plato , " etc. , i.e. , study Plato's philosophy of the immortality of the soul , and of the relation of the ...
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... ancient Greek minstrel , or poet . 2 See note on L'Allegro , line 145 . 3 " Or call up him , " etc. An allusion to the poet Chaucer ( 1340-1400 ) and the poem The Squiers Tale , which he left unfinished . In this tale Cambuscan is a ...
... ancient Greek minstrel , or poet . 2 See note on L'Allegro , line 145 . 3 " Or call up him , " etc. An allusion to the poet Chaucer ( 1340-1400 ) and the poem The Squiers Tale , which he left unfinished . In this tale Cambuscan is a ...
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... ancient mythology . 2 . Celtic , " etc. , i.e. , France and Spain . 3 " Drouth , " etc. , i.e. , the thirst caused by the sun's heat . the sun god , or personification of the sun . Phoebus was As now I do . But first I must put COMUS ...
... ancient mythology . 2 . Celtic , " etc. , i.e. , France and Spain . 3 " Drouth , " etc. , i.e. , the thirst caused by the sun's heat . the sun god , or personification of the sun . Phoebus was As now I do . But first I must put COMUS ...
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... ancient notion of the music of the spheres . 4 The morris , or Moorish dance , was introduced into England in the reign of Edward III . It was a prominent feature of the May Day and other out- door festivities . 5 Nocturnal amusements ...
... ancient notion of the music of the spheres . 4 The morris , or Moorish dance , was introduced into England in the reign of Edward III . It was a prominent feature of the May Day and other out- door festivities . 5 Nocturnal amusements ...
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