The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser: With Memoir and Critical Dissertations, Volume 3J. Nichol, 1859 |
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... fight between the Knight and the Dragon , in the First Book , with a truth and minuteness of anatomy which disgust you . Indeed , the coarseness of Spenser is as remarkable as his delicacy and refinement . As if to prove himself no mere ...
... fight between the Knight and the Dragon , in the First Book , with a truth and minuteness of anatomy which disgust you . Indeed , the coarseness of Spenser is as remarkable as his delicacy and refinement . As if to prove himself no mere ...
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... fight . ' XIV . [ take : Exceeding wroth thereat was Blandamour , And gan this bitter answer to him make ; ' Too foolish Paridell ! that fairest flower Wouldst gather fain , and yet no pains wouldst But not so easy will I her forsake ...
... fight . ' XIV . [ take : Exceeding wroth thereat was Blandamour , And gan this bitter answer to him make ; ' Too foolish Paridell ! that fairest flower Wouldst gather fain , and yet no pains wouldst But not so easy will I her forsake ...
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... fight , Do meet together on the wat'ry lea , They stem each other with so fell despite , That with the shock of their own heedless might Their wooden ribs are shaken nigh asunder ; They which from shore behold the dreadful sight Of ...
... fight , Do meet together on the wat'ry lea , They stem each other with so fell despite , That with the shock of their own heedless might Their wooden ribs are shaken nigh asunder ; They which from shore behold the dreadful sight Of ...
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... fight for honour of their love , 4 3 Becom- ing . 4 To stop . 5 And rather die than lady's cause release : 5 [ move , Give up . With which vain terms so much they did them That both resolv'd the last extremities to prove . XX . There ...
... fight for honour of their love , 4 3 Becom- ing . 4 To stop . 5 And rather die than lady's cause release : 5 [ move , Give up . With which vain terms so much they did them That both resolv'd the last extremities to prove . XX . There ...
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... much appal , That none of them durst undertake the fight : More wise they ween'd to make of love delight 1 Learn . 2 Doers of daring deeds . 3 Bravery . Than life to hazard for fair lady's look : And C. II . 13 THE FAERIE QUEENE .
... much appal , That none of them durst undertake the fight : More wise they ween'd to make of love delight 1 Learn . 2 Doers of daring deeds . 3 Bravery . Than life to hazard for fair lady's look : And C. II . 13 THE FAERIE QUEENE .
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