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Mirror for Magistrates: pt.1 Part III: Legends from the conquest by William ... - Page 324
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Select Beauties of Ancient English Poetry: With Remarks, Volume 1

Henry Headley - English poetry - 1787 - 212 pages
...and cold, the fhape of death aright, That dants all earthly creatures to his law: • Againft whofe force in vaine it is to fight, Ne Peeres, ne Princes, nor no mortall wight, Ne Towne, ne Realm^s, Cities, ne ftrongeft Toweij But all, perforce muftyeeld unto his power....
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Select Beauties of Ancient English Poetry: With Remarks, Volume 1

Henry Headley - English poetry - 1787 - 202 pages
...Heavie and cold, the fliape of death aright, That dants all earthly creatures to his law : Againft whofe force in vaine it is to fight. Ne Peeres, ne Princes, nor no mortall wight, NeTowne, ne Realmes, Cities, ne fIrongeft Towciv Bur all perforce mtifl yeeldunto bis power....
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Censura Literaria: Containing Titles, Abstracts, and Opinions ..., Volumes 9-10

Sir Egerton Brydges - Bibliography - 1809 - 914 pages
...Enthrilling it to reve her of her breath. And by and by a dumb dead corpse we saw. Heavy and cold, the shape of death aright, That daunts all earthly creatures to his law; Against whose force in vain it is to fight; Ne peers, ne princes, nor no mortal wight ; No town,...
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The Ruminator: Containing a Series of Moral, Critical, and ..., Volume 2

Sir Egerton Brydges - 1813 - 354 pages
...DEATH EnthrilHng it to reve her of her breath. And by and by a dumb dead corpse we saw, Heavy and cold, the shape of death aright, That daunts all earthly creatures to his law ; Against whose force in vain it is to fight; Ne peers, ne princes, nor no mortal wight ; No town,...
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Kentish Poets: A Series of Writers in English Poetry, Natives ..., Volumes 1-2

Rowland Freeman - Authors, English - 1821 - 846 pages
...Enthrilling it to reave her of her breath. And bye and bye, a dumb dead corpse we saw, Heavy and cold, the shape of death aright, That daunts all earthly creatures to his law ; Against whose force in vain it is to fight. Nor peers, nor princes, nor no mortal wight, No towns,...
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The History of English Poetry, from the Close of the Eleventh to ..., Volume 4

Thomas Warton - English poetry - 1824 - 504 pages
...Enthrilling it, to reve her of her breath : And, by and by, a dumb dead corpse we saw, Heavy, and cold, the shape of Death aright, That daunts all earthly creatures to his law, Against whose force in vain it is to fight ; Ne peers, ne princes, nor no mortal wight, No towns,...
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The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 100, Part 2; Volume 148

Early English newspapers - 1830 - 718 pages
...than the passage selected from Spenser. Extract from the " Induction to the Mirror of Magistrates." " The SHAPE of Death aright, That daunts all earthly creatures to his law, Against whose force it is in vain to fight. — No peers, no princes, nor no mortal wight ; No...
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The History of English Poetry: From the Close of the Eleventh ..., Volume 3

Thomas Warton - English poetry - 1840 - 548 pages
...Enthrilling it, to revé her of her breath : And, by and by, a dumb dead corpse we saw, Heavy, and cold, the shape of Death aright, That daunts all earthly creatures to his law, Against whose force in vain it is to fight ; Ne peers, ne princes, nor no mortal wight, No towns,...
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The history of English poetry. To which are prefixed, three ..., Volume 3

Thomas Warton - 1840 - 550 pages
...Enthrilling it, to reve her of her breath : And, by and by, a dumb dead corpse we saw, Heavy, and cold, the shape of Death aright, That daunts all earthly creatures to his law, Against whose force in vain it is to fight ; Ne peers, ne princes, nor no mortal wight, No towns,...
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The Christian magazine

1841 - 686 pages
...MAN'S WANDERINGS. ( Concluded from page 211 .) CHAPTER VII. ' A dumb dead corse we saw, Heavy and cold, the shape of death aright. That daunts all earthly creatures to his law ; Against whose force it is in vain to fight." DORSET. As I approached the house, I saw the old...
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