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Page 86
... wits strove with each other in exhilarating contest . In its outward appearance Elizabethan London was a gayer and more inspiring place than the London of to - day . It ... University wits , " as they were called 86 THE ELIZABETHAN LYRISTS.
... wits strove with each other in exhilarating contest . In its outward appearance Elizabethan London was a gayer and more inspiring place than the London of to - day . It ... University wits , " as they were called 86 THE ELIZABETHAN LYRISTS.
Page 87
... University wits are the lightning flashes which , from a stormy and troubled sky , dart a ray of intense , almost be- wildering brightness , and " ere a man has time to say behold ! the jaws of darkness hath devoured it up . " Their ...
... University wits are the lightning flashes which , from a stormy and troubled sky , dart a ray of intense , almost be- wildering brightness , and " ere a man has time to say behold ! the jaws of darkness hath devoured it up . " Their ...
Page 89
... University wits were soon attracted . They had come to London to seek their fortune and had found it less than a golden one . They had spent in riotous living the scanty sums they could obtain by the writing of love poems or pamphlets ...
... University wits were soon attracted . They had come to London to seek their fortune and had found it less than a golden one . They had spent in riotous living the scanty sums they could obtain by the writing of love poems or pamphlets ...
Page 97
Amy Cruse. Christopher Marlowe , the greatest and most original genius among the University wits , had a career which was even briefer and more tragic than that of Robert Greene . He was the son of a shoemaker and was born at Canterbury ...
Amy Cruse. Christopher Marlowe , the greatest and most original genius among the University wits , had a career which was even briefer and more tragic than that of Robert Greene . He was the son of a shoemaker and was born at Canterbury ...
Page 107
... University wits who seems to have passed safely through the boisterous days of youth and reached a quiet , respectable old age was Thomas Lodge . His father was a prosperous London citizen who had held the office of Lord Mayor . The son ...
... University wits who seems to have passed safely through the boisterous days of youth and reached a quiet , respectable old age was Thomas Lodge . His father was a prosperous London citizen who had held the office of Lord Mayor . The son ...
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