The Dramatic Works of John Lilly, (the Euphuist.): Mydas. Mother Bombie. The woman in the moone. Love's metamorphosis. NotesJ.R. Smith, 1858 |
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Page 286 - The Vision of Piers Ploughman' is one of the most precious and interesting monuments of the English Language and Literature, and also of the social and political condition of the country during the fourteenth century. . . . Its author is not certainly known, but its time of composition can, by internal evidence, be fixed at about tbe year 1362.
Page 279 - If we shadows have offended. Think but this, and all is mended, That you have but slumber'd here While these visions did appear. And this weak and idle theme, No more yielding but a dream, Gentles, do not reprehend...
Page 285 - The edition deserves well of the public ; it is carefully printed, and the annotations, although neither numerous nor extensive, supply ample explanations upon a variety of interesting points. If Mr. Halliwell had done no more than collect these plays, he would have conferred a boon upon all lovers of our old dramatic poetry."— L iterary Gazette.