 | Henry Hallam - 1839 - 542 pągines
...versifiers whom their contemporaries extolled. This is all that we can justly say in their favour ; for any comparison of the Elizabethan poetry, save Spenser's...alone, with that of the nineteenth century would show * Shakspeare and his Times, i. bably incomplete ; it includes, of 671. Even this catalogue is pro-... | |
 | 1841 - 596 pągines
...in their favour ; for any comparison of the Elizabethan poetry, save Spencer's alone, with thatofthe nineteenth century, would show an extravagant predilection for the mere name or dress of antiquity.' . . . ' If we place Tasso and Spenser apart, the English poetry of Elizabeth's reign will certainly... | |
 | William Spalding - 1853 - 446 pągines
...And the most cautious as well as competent critic of our day has said, setting aside the old drama, that " any comparison of the Elizabethan poetry, save...predilection for the mere name or dress of antiquity." Nor, when we turn to the dramatic works of Shakspeare and his contemporaries, does it seem rash to... | |
 | William Spalding - 1854 - 446 pągines
...And the most cautious as well as competent critic of our day has said, setting aside the old drama, that " any comparison of the Elizabethan poetry, save...predilection for the mere name or dress of antiquity." Nor, when we turn to the dramatic works of Shakspeare and his contemporaries, does it seem rash to... | |
 | Henry Hallam - 1854 - 620 pągines
...versifiers whom their contemporaries extolled. This is all that we can justly say in their favour ; for any comparison of the Elizabethan poetry, save Spenser's...predilection for the mere name or dress of antiquity. 77. It would be a great omission to neglect in any rescotsand view of the Elizabethan poetry, that... | |
 | Robert Demaus - 1859 - 612 pągines
...bright brotherhood of poets who will make the beginning of the present century for ever memorable in our history. It has been with truth remarked by one of...show an extravagant predilection for the mere name and dress of antiquity." No one great name indeed, such as that of Milton or Shukspere, shines forth... | |
 | Robert Demaus - 1860 - 580 pągines
...bright brotherhood of poets who will make the beginning of the present century for ever memorable in our history. It has been with truth remarked by one of...show an extravagant predilection for the mere name and dress of antiquity." No one great name indeed, such as that of Milton or Shakspere, shines forth... | |
 | Anonymous - 1861 - 604 pągines
...Any comparison of the Eliza bethan poetry,' Mr. Hallam observes, speaking of non-dramatic writers. ' save Spenser's alone, with that of the nineteenth...predilection for the mere name or dress of antiquity.' It is more m place liere, and on many accounts more desirable, to compare *ith an earlier standard... | |
 | 1861 - 600 pągines
...'Any comparison of the Elizabethan poetry,' Mr. Hallam observes, speaking of non-dramatic writers, ' save Spenser's alone, with that of the nineteenth...predilection for the mere name or dress of antiquity.' It is more in place here, and on many accounts more desirable, to compare with an earlier standard... | |
 | William Spalding - 1877 - 444 pągines
...And the most cautious as well as competent critic of our day has said, setting aside the old drama, that " any comparison of the Elizabethan poetry, save...predilection for the mere name or dress of antiquity." Nor, when we turn to the dramatic works of Shakspeare and his contemporaries, does it seem rash to... | |
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There is more pleasure, more sense of sympathy with another mind, in the perusal even of Gascoyne or Edwards, than in that of many French and Italian versifiers whom their contemporaries extolled. This is all that we can justly say in their favour ; for... 
