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Lives of the English sacred poets

Print Book, English, 1839
J.W. Parker, London, 1839
Criticism, interpretation, etc
2 volumes : portraits ; 18 cm
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v. 1. Introduction: Visions of Pierce Plowman ; Chaucer ; Gower ; Hawes ; Sternhold and Hopkins ; Sackville ; Spenser ; Southwell ; Barnes ; Sonstable ; Davison ; Bryan ; Sylvester ; Raleigh ; Sir John Davies ; Goerge Sandys ; Giles Fletcher ; Phineas Fletcher ; George Wither ; Herrick ; Heywood ; Francis Quarles ; John Quarles ; George Herbert ; Habington ; Vaughan ; Richard Grashaw ; More ; Beaumont ; Flatman
v. 2. John Milton ; Thomas Ken ; Isaac Watts ; Edward Young ; Robert Blair ; Blackmore, Parnell, Addison, and Gray ; Christopher Smart ; William Cowper ; James Hurdis ; William Hayward Roberts ; James Grahame ; Reginald Heber
Volumes published separately, 1834-38 as Lives of sacred poets, first and second series
Published under the direction of the Committee of General Literature and Education, appointed by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge