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Excerpt from A View of the State of Ireland as It Was in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth: Written by Way of Dialogue Between Eudoxus and Irenus
I N this happy'reign~ ?ouriih'd ED: Mund spinser, the mo?: eminent of our Poets till that Time, unlefs we ex -cept Cbaucer,.who was in fome refpcéis his Matter and Original. The Accounts of his Birth and F amilyare but obfcure and imperfea: 5 and it has happen'd to Shim, as to many other Men of Wit and Learning, -to be much better known by ~his Works than by the Hiiiory of his Life. He was born in London, and had his Education at pembroke-hall in Cam bridge. Tho' in the Dedications of oncor two of his Poems, we find him claiming Afiinity with fome Perfons of Diitinéti on, yet his Fortune and Interefi feem at his firlt fetting our: to have been very inconfiderahle; For after he had conti nu'd 1n the College for fome time, and laid that Foundation of Learning, which, join'd to his natural Genius, qualify'd 'him for rifing to (0 great an Excellency afterwards, he ?ood {01 a Fellowihip, iin Competition with Mr. Andréwf, af.
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I N this happy'reign~ ?ouriih'd ED: Mund spinser, the mo?: eminent of our Poets till that Time, unlefs we ex -cept Cbaucer,.who was in fome refpcéis his Matter and Original. The Accounts of his Birth and F amilyare but obfcure and imperfea: 5 and it has happen'd to Shim, as to many other Men of Wit and Learning, -to be much better known by ~his Works than by the Hiiiory of his Life. He was born in London, and had his Education at pembroke-hall in Cam bridge. Tho' in the Dedications of oncor two of his Poems, we find him claiming Afiinity with fome Perfons of Diitinéti on, yet his Fortune and Interefi feem at his firlt fetting our: to have been very inconfiderahle; For after he had conti nu'd 1n the College for fome time, and laid that Foundation of Learning, which, join'd to his natural Genius, qualify'd 'him for rifing to (0 great an Excellency afterwards, he ?ood {01 a Fellowihip, iin Competition with Mr. Andréwf, af.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Author(s) - Edmund Spenser
Hardback
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ISBN - 9780365478287
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm
Page Count - 297
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ISBN - 9780243889808
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm
Page Count - 299
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