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The miscellaneous works of Sir Philip Sidney, Knt. With a life of the author and illustrative notes by William Gray

Philip Sidney · 1860 · Scanned text

96,142 words · about 6 h 44 min to read

Period artwork: Interior of the Bodleian Library, 1845
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About this book

Language
English
Published
1860
Length
96,142 words · about 6 h 44 min
Sections
18 reader sections
Text
Scanned text, read from page scans by OCR; may contain errors
Rights
Public Domain Mark 1.0

 

Contents (18)
  1. Front matter about 1 min
  2. Preface about 6 h 2 min
  3. Letter I. From The Cottonian Ms about 3 min
  4. Letter II about 6 min
  5. Letter III about 9 min
  6. Letter IV. Burghley Papers, Ms about 1 min
  7. Letter V. From The Ms about 4 min
  8. Letter VI. From The Harleian Ms about 1 min
  9. Letter VII under 1 min
  10. Letter VIII. From The Harleian Ms about 4 min
  11. Letter IX about 1 min
  12. Letter X about 1 min
  13. Letter XI. From The Cottonian Ms about 2 min
  14. Letter XII about 3 min
  15. Letter XIII about 1 min
  16. Letter XIV about 4 min
  17. Letter XV about 1 min
  18. Letter XVI. Ibid about 1 min

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Front matter

THE MISCELLANEOUS WORKS OF SIR PHILIP SIDNEY. WOULD I HAD FALL'N UPON THOSE HAPPIER DAYS, THAT POETS CELEBRATE, THOSE GOLDEN TIMES, AND THOSE ARCADIAN SCENES, THAT MARO SINGS, AND SIDNEY, WARBLER OF POETIC PROSE. Couuper's Task. THE MISCELLANEOUS WORKS OF Sir i)l)iUp giftncjj, lent. WITH A LIFE OF THE AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATIVE NOTES By WILLIAM GRAY, Esq. OF MAGDALEN COLLEGE, AND THE INNER TEMPLE. " Li've ever, siveet book I he ivho ivrote thee ivas the secretary of eloquence, the breath of the Muses, and the honey-bee of the dain tiest flonroers ofivit and art.'''' Gabriel Harvey. ■• * * 5 "" BOSTON: PUBLISHED BY T. O. H. P. BURNHAM, AT THE ANTIQUARIAN BOOKSTORE, 143 Washington Street. MDCCCLX. Riverside, Cambridge : Printed by H. O. Houghton & Co. EDITOR'S

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