A History Of English Poetry Vol 4 Classic Reprint PDF Download

Excerpt from History of English Poetry, Vol. 4 of 4: From the Twelfth to the Close of the Sixteenth Century Soon after the year 1500, Lilly, the famous grammarian, who had learned Greek at Rhodes, and had afterwards acquired a polished Latinity at Rome under Johannes Sulpicius and Pomponius Sabinus, became the first teacher of Greek at any public school in England. This was a Saint Paul's school in London, then newly established by Dean Colet, and celebrated by Erasmus;and of which Lilly, as one of the most exact and accomplished scholars of his age, was appointed the first master. And that ancient prejudices were now gradually wearing off, and a national taste for critical studies and the graces of composition began to be diffused, appears from this circumstance alone; that from the year 1503 to the Reformation, there were more grammar schools, most of which at present are perhaps of little and importance, founded and endowed in England, than had been for three hundred years before. The practice of educating our youth in the monasteries growing into disuse, near twenty new grammar schools were established within this period: and among these, Wolfey's school at Ipswich, which soon fell a sacrifice to the resentment or the avarice of Henry the Eight, deserves particular notice, as it rivalled those of Winchester and Eton. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.