The Elizabethan Dramatists as CriticsPhilosophical Library, 1963 - 420 pages |
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... Muses ' help , their meaning was no other but to call for heavenly inspira- tion from above to direct their endeavors . Daniel . Philotas ( 1605 ) . Dedication : ' Tis not in the power of kings to raise A spirit for verse that is not ...
... Muses ' help , their meaning was no other but to call for heavenly inspira- tion from above to direct their endeavors . Daniel . Philotas ( 1605 ) . Dedication : ' Tis not in the power of kings to raise A spirit for verse that is not ...
Page 191
... muse ? A stately verse in an iambic style Became a kesar's mouth . Tragedy could not compete in popularity with comedy and history . In Spenser's Tears of the Muses , written before 1591 , Melpomene complains : My part it is and my ...
... muse ? A stately verse in an iambic style Became a kesar's mouth . Tragedy could not compete in popularity with comedy and history . In Spenser's Tears of the Muses , written before 1591 , Melpomene complains : My part it is and my ...
Page 315
... muses , from that hoof.1 . Over the door at the entrance into the Apollo , his club room in the Old Devil Tavern , Jonson had an inscription placed which included these lines : He the half of life abuses , That sits watering with the Muses ...
... muses , from that hoof.1 . Over the door at the entrance into the Apollo , his club room in the Old Devil Tavern , Jonson had an inscription placed which included these lines : He the half of life abuses , That sits watering with the Muses ...
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APPLIED CRITICISM | 1 |
EXCLUSIVE OF SHAKESPEARE AND JONSON | 18 |
A Variety of Demand | 172 |
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