The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser in Five Volumes, Volume 2W. Pickering, 1825 - 434 pages |
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... set , to see the fortune of that fray And to be seene , as his most worthy wage That could her purchase with his live's adventur'd gage . V. Then entred Cambell first into the list , With 20 [ B. IV . THE FAERIE QUEENE .
... set , to see the fortune of that fray And to be seene , as his most worthy wage That could her purchase with his live's adventur'd gage . V. Then entred Cambell first into the list , With 20 [ B. IV . THE FAERIE QUEENE .
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... fortune found some beasts fresh spoyle , On which they weene their famine to asswage , And gaine a feastfull guerdon of their toyle ; Both falling out doe stirre up strifefull broyle , And cruell battell twixt themselves doe make ...
... fortune found some beasts fresh spoyle , On which they weene their famine to asswage , And gaine a feastfull guerdon of their toyle ; Both falling out doe stirre up strifefull broyle , And cruell battell twixt themselves doe make ...
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... fortune wavering to and fro , Resolv'd to end it one or other way ; And heav'd his murdrous axe at him with mighty sway . XVIII . The dreadfull stroke , in case it had arrived Where it was ment , ( so deadly it was ment , ) The soule ...
... fortune wavering to and fro , Resolv'd to end it one or other way ; And heav'd his murdrous axe at him with mighty sway . XVIII . The dreadfull stroke , in case it had arrived Where it was ment , ( so deadly it was ment , ) The soule ...
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... fortune doubtfull to be deemed : Now this the better had , now had his fo ; Then he halfe vanquisht , then the other seemed ; Yet victors both themselves alwayes esteemed : And all the while the disentrayled blood Adowne their sides ...
... fortune doubtfull to be deemed : Now this the better had , now had his fo ; Then he halfe vanquisht , then the other seemed ; Yet victors both themselves alwayes esteemed : And all the while the disentrayled blood Adowne their sides ...
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... fortunes try . So as they passed forth , they did espy One in bright armes with ready speare in rest , That toward them his course seem'd to apply ; Gainst whom Sir Paridell himselfe addrest , Him weening , ere he nigh approcht , to ...
... fortunes try . So as they passed forth , they did espy One in bright armes with ready speare in rest , That toward them his course seem'd to apply ; Gainst whom Sir Paridell himselfe addrest , Him weening , ere he nigh approcht , to ...
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