The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 5G. Bell, 1891 - Poetry |
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Page 18
... pride and fatnes gan despise Their meanesse ; scarce vouchsafte them to requite . Whereat the Foxe , deep groning in his sprite , Said ; " Ah ! sir Mule , now blessed be the day , That I see you so goodly and so gay In your attyres ...
... pride and fatnes gan despise Their meanesse ; scarce vouchsafte them to requite . Whereat the Foxe , deep groning in his sprite , Said ; " Ah ! sir Mule , now blessed be the day , That I see you so goodly and so gay In your attyres ...
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... pride ; Who , after he had wonne th ' Assyrian foe , Did ever after scorne on foote to goe . Thus when this Courtly Gentleman with toyle Himselfe hath wearied , he doth recoyle Unto his rest , and there with sweete delight Of Musicks ...
... pride ; Who , after he had wonne th ' Assyrian foe , Did ever after scorne on foote to goe . Thus when this Courtly Gentleman with toyle Himselfe hath wearied , he doth recoyle Unto his rest , and there with sweete delight Of Musicks ...
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... pride Is virtue to advance , and vice deride , Be with the worke of losels wit defamed , Ne let such verses Poetrie be named ! Yet he the name on him would rashly take , Maugre the sacred Muses , and it make A servant to the vile ...
... pride Is virtue to advance , and vice deride , Be with the worke of losels wit defamed , Ne let such verses Poetrie be named ! Yet he the name on him would rashly take , Maugre the sacred Muses , and it make A servant to the vile ...
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... pride , and wilfull arrogaunce : Such followes those whom fortune doth advaunce . But the false Foxe most kindly plaid his part ; For whatsoever mother - wit or arte Could worke , he put in proofe : no practise slie , No counterpoint of ...
... pride , and wilfull arrogaunce : Such followes those whom fortune doth advaunce . But the false Foxe most kindly plaid his part ; For whatsoever mother - wit or arte Could worke , he put in proofe : no practise slie , No counterpoint of ...
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... pride , and covetize , And lawlesnes raigning with riotize ; Besides the infinite extortions , Done through the Foxes great oppressions , That the complaints thereof could not be tolde . Which when he did with lothfull eyes beholde ...
... pride , and covetize , And lawlesnes raigning with riotize ; Besides the infinite extortions , Done through the Foxes great oppressions , That the complaints thereof could not be tolde . Which when he did with lothfull eyes beholde ...
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