A History of English Literature in a Series of Biographical SketchesNelson, 1892 - 550 pages |
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Page iii
... the scenery and the society , amid which an author played out his fleeting part , have left indelible hues upon the pages that he wrote . Instead of trying to compress the History of our iv PREFACE . Books into the framework formed by the.
... the scenery and the society , amid which an author played out his fleeting part , have left indelible hues upon the pages that he wrote . Instead of trying to compress the History of our iv PREFACE . Books into the framework formed by the.
Page vii
... Plays and Players of Old Eng- VIII . Our English Bible .... 135 land ...... 101 IX . William Shakspere ... 140 IL Roger Ascham ....... 108 X. Sir Walter Raleigh .... 150 III . George Buchanan 112 XI . Francis Bacon , Viscount St. Al- IV ...
... Plays and Players of Old Eng- VIII . Our English Bible .... 135 land ...... 101 IX . William Shakspere ... 140 IL Roger Ascham ....... 108 X. Sir Walter Raleigh .... 150 III . George Buchanan 112 XI . Francis Bacon , Viscount St. Al- IV ...
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... play upon the adornment of these dim legends , mixes fact with fiction in a confusion that cannot be disentangled . Gerald Barry ( Giraldus Cambrensis ) , Henry of Huntingdon , Roger of Hoveden , and Benedict , Abbot of Peterborough ...
... play upon the adornment of these dim legends , mixes fact with fiction in a confusion that cannot be disentangled . Gerald Barry ( Giraldus Cambrensis ) , Henry of Huntingdon , Roger of Hoveden , and Benedict , Abbot of Peterborough ...
Page 37
... played on a viele , supposed to have been like a guitar , in the top of which one hand turned a handle , while the ... playing a musical accompaniment and gesturing with imitative motions , it came to apply afterwards chiefly to the ...
... played on a viele , supposed to have been like a guitar , in the top of which one hand turned a handle , while the ... playing a musical accompaniment and gesturing with imitative motions , it came to apply afterwards chiefly to the ...
Page 59
... playing on the flute Juste and eke dance , and wel pourtraie and write . So hote he loved , that by nightertale He slep no more than doth the nightingale . Curteis he was , lowly , and servisable , And carf before his fader at the table ...
... playing on the flute Juste and eke dance , and wel pourtraie and write . So hote he loved , that by nightertale He slep no more than doth the nightingale . Curteis he was , lowly , and servisable , And carf before his fader at the table ...
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