Fifteen Poets: Chaucer, Spenser, Shakespeare [and Others] ...Clarendon Press, 1941 - 503 pages Selections of the best work of the masters of English poetry from Chaucer to Arnold. Each group of selections is preceded by short essays of appreciation and summaries of the poets' lives. |
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... King's ) company of players . His earliest work as a dramatist probably dates from 1591 , and is to be found in the three parts of Henry VI . Henry VI was followed by Richard III and The Comedy of Errors in 1592-3 , and by Titus ...
... King's ) company of players . His earliest work as a dramatist probably dates from 1591 , and is to be found in the three parts of Henry VI . Henry VI was followed by Richard III and The Comedy of Errors in 1592-3 , and by Titus ...
Page 413
... king demand An act unprofitable , against himself ? The King is sick , and knows not what he does . What record , or what relic of my lord Should be to aftertime , but empty breath And rumours of a doubt ? but were this kept , Stored in ...
... king demand An act unprofitable , against himself ? The King is sick , and knows not what he does . What record , or what relic of my lord Should be to aftertime , but empty breath And rumours of a doubt ? but were this kept , Stored in ...
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... King of Thebes . He was father of Edipus , who killed him , as foretold by Apollo . Lamb , the frolic and the gentle . Charles Lamb ( 1775-1834 ) , essayist . Lamedon . Laomedon , an early King of Troy , who tried to cheat the gods ...
... King of Thebes . He was father of Edipus , who killed him , as foretold by Apollo . Lamb , the frolic and the gentle . Charles Lamb ( 1775-1834 ) , essayist . Lamedon . Laomedon , an early King of Troy , who tried to cheat the gods ...
Contents
GEOFFREY CHAUCER By H S BENNETT | 8 |
The Dream | 33 |
The Fight of the Red Cross Knight and the Heathen | 54 |
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