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" In that Faery Queene I meane glory in my generall intention, but in my particular I conceive the most excellent and glorious person of our soveraine the Queene, and her kingdome in Faery land. "
An Outline of the History of English Literature ...: The Renaissance - Page 172
by Ernesto Cesare Longobardi - 1913
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Spenser's Britomart: From Books III, IV, and V of the Faery Queene

Edmund Spenser - 1896 - 312 pages
...by Timon throughly instructed, he went to seeke her forth in Faery land. In that Faery Queene I mean Glory in my generall intention : but in my particular...soveraine the Queene, and her kingdome in Faery land. And yet, in some places else, I doe otherwise shadow 1 her. For considering shee beareth two persons,...
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Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern, Volume 45

Charles Dudley Warner - 1896 - 396 pages
...added a fragment on Mutability. «In the Faery Queen,» Spenser says, «I mean Glory in my general intention ; but, in my particular, I conceive the most excellent and glorious person of our Sovereign the Queen and her Kingdom in Faery Land.» He supposes that the Faery Queen held a superb...
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The Faerie Queene. Cantos I.-II., and the Prothalamion: With Prefatory and ...

Edmund Spenser - 1898 - 68 pages
...armed, and by Timon throughly instructed, he went to seeke her forth in Faerye land. In that Faery Queene I meane Glory in my generall intention, but...our soveraine the Queene, and her kingdome in Faery lande. And yet, in some places els, I doe otherwise shadow her. For considering she beareth two persons,...
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Library of the World's Best Literature: Synopses of books. General index

Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H. Warner, Edward Cornelius Towne, George Henry Warner - 1898 - 720 pages
...sometimes added a fragment on Mutability. «In the Faery Queen,» Spenser says, WI mean Glory in my general intention ; but, in my particular, I conceive the most excellent and glorious person of our Sovereign the Queen and her Kingdom in Faery Land.» He supposes that the Faery Queen held a superb...
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Standard English Poems: Spenser to Tennyson

1899 - 816 pages
...Spenser says in the explanatory letter to Raleigh: "In that Faerie Queene I mean Glory in my general intention, but in my particular I conceive the most...excellent and glorious person of our soveraine the Queen." — 60. Earne = yearn. — 63. A dragon, ie Error, or more particularly the false doctrines...
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Longman's Handbook of English Literature: From A.D. 673 to the Present Time

Robert McWilliam - 1900 - 644 pages
...of Agamemnon and Ulysses hath ensnmpled n good governour and a rertuous man, the one in his Ilias, the other in his Odysseis, so I labour to pourtraict...conceive the most excellent and glorious person of our soreraine the Queene and her kingdome in Faery land. So in the person of Prince Arthure I sette forth...
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A first sketch of English literature. With suppl. to the end of queen ...

Henry Morley - 1912 - 1214 pages
...indicated by these unassuming words. Spenser said that by the Faerie Queene whom Arthur sought, " I mean glory in my generall intention, but in my particular...glorious person of our soveraine the queene, and her kingdom in Faeryland." The student of the " Faerie Queene " must bear in mind that its " general intention...
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The Faerie Queene: Cantos I.-II., and the Prothalamion ...

Edmund Spenser - 1901 - 72 pages
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A History of English Literature

E. J. Mathew - 1901 - 556 pages
...vision, and went forth to seek her. " In that Faerie Quene,'1 he wrote, " I mean glory in my general intention ; but in my particular, I conceive the most excellent and glorious person of our Sovereign the Queen." Though the main scheme of the poem is simple, the working of it out proved to...
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A History of English Literature

William Vaughn Moody, Robert Morss Lovett - 1902 - 450 pages
...representing ideal qualities, refer directly to actual persons. Spenser explained : " In that Faery Queene I meane glory in my generall intention, but...and glorious person of our soveraine the Queene." Belphoebe and Britomarte also represent Elizabeth; Arthur is Leicester; the false lady Duessa is Mary...
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