The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser ...Bell and Daldy, 1866 |
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... base And simple men , which never came in place Of worlds affaires , but , in darke corners mewd , Muttred of matters as their bookes them shewd , Ne other knowledge ever did attaine , But with their gownes their gravitie maintaine ...
... base And simple men , which never came in place Of worlds affaires , but , in darke corners mewd , Muttred of matters as their bookes them shewd , Ne other knowledge ever did attaine , But with their gownes their gravitie maintaine ...
Page 76
... base were pight , To beare the frame , foure great Lyons of gold ; A worthy tombe for such a worthy wight . Alas ... bases were of richest mettalls warke , The chapters Alabaster , the fryses christall , The double front of a triumphall ...
... base were pight , To beare the frame , foure great Lyons of gold ; A worthy tombe for such a worthy wight . Alas ... bases were of richest mettalls warke , The chapters Alabaster , the fryses christall , The double front of a triumphall ...
Page 314
... base , or bace . Baffle , to disgrace utterly . Baile , power , limit . Balk , to cross , to baffle . Balk , to disappoint , to defeat , to treat with contempt . Balk , a ridge , a furrow . Ban , to forbid . Ban , to curse . Banneral ...
... base , or bace . Baffle , to disgrace utterly . Baile , power , limit . Balk , to cross , to baffle . Balk , to disappoint , to defeat , to treat with contempt . Balk , a ridge , a furrow . Ban , to forbid . Ban , to curse . Banneral ...
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COLIN CLOUTS COME HOME AGAINE | 87 |
Astrophel A Pastorall Elegie upon the Death of | 115 |
The Mourning Muse of Thestylis | 126 |
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