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... Praise of Women NO thyng ys to man so dere 1260-1340 As wommanys love in gode manere . A gode womman is mannys blys , There her love right and stedfast ys . There ys no solas under hevene Of alle that a man may nevene That shulde a man ...
... Praise of Women NO thyng ys to man so dere 1260-1340 As wommanys love in gode manere . A gode womman is mannys blys , There her love right and stedfast ys . There ys no solas under hevene Of alle that a man may nevene That shulde a man ...
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... Praise of His Lady Tottel's Miscellany , 1557 IVE place , you ladies , and begone ! Boast not yourselves at all ! For here at hand approacheth one Whose face will stain you all . The virtue of her lively looks Excels the precious stone ...
... Praise of His Lady Tottel's Miscellany , 1557 IVE place , you ladies , and begone ! Boast not yourselves at all ! For here at hand approacheth one Whose face will stain you all . The virtue of her lively looks Excels the precious stone ...
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... be disdainèd I wish my heart had never known ye . What ? I that loved and you that liked , shall we begin to wrangle ? No , 2246 no , no , my heart is fast , and cannot disentangle . E 97 If I admire or praise you too much , that ANONYMOUS.
... be disdainèd I wish my heart had never known ye . What ? I that loved and you that liked , shall we begin to wrangle ? No , 2246 no , no , my heart is fast , and cannot disentangle . E 97 If I admire or praise you too much , that ANONYMOUS.
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... praise you too much , that fault you may forgive me ; Or if my hands had stray'd but a touch , then justly might you leave me . I ask'd you leave , you bade me love ; is't now a time to chide me ? No , no , no , I'll love you still what ...
... praise you too much , that fault you may forgive me ; Or if my hands had stray'd but a touch , then justly might you leave me . I ask'd you leave , you bade me love ; is't now a time to chide me ? No , no , no , I'll love you still what ...
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... , sweet love , whilest it is prime ; For none can call againe the passèd time . 79. make ] mate . 80 . A Ditty In praise of Eliza , Queen 104 SIR WALTER RALEIGH 75-78 Sir Walter Raleigh b 1552, d 1618 79-84 Edmund Spenser b 1552, d 1599.
... , sweet love , whilest it is prime ; For none can call againe the passèd time . 79. make ] mate . 80 . A Ditty In praise of Eliza , Queen 104 SIR WALTER RALEIGH 75-78 Sir Walter Raleigh b 1552, d 1618 79-84 Edmund Spenser b 1552, d 1599.
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