OF THE EARLY ENGLISH POETS; TO WHICH IS PREFIXED, AN HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE ENGLISH POETRY AND LANGUAGE, WITH A Biography of each Poet, &c. BY GEORGE ELLIS, Esq. THE FIFTH EDITION, CORRECTED. IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. I. LONDON: HENRY WASHBOURNE, NEW BRIDGE STREET, BLACKFRIARS. MDCCCXLV. |