The Poetical Works of Edmund SpenserH. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1926 - 736 pages |
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Page xxxiv
... litle noursling of the humid ayre ' ( Virgils Gnat , 283 ) , and the simile of the shepherd annoyed by gnats ( Faerie Queene , 1. i . 23 ) , where his sympathy is all on the side of the insects . 2 Vide Nadal , Daphnaïda and the Boke of ...
... litle noursling of the humid ayre ' ( Virgils Gnat , 283 ) , and the simile of the shepherd annoyed by gnats ( Faerie Queene , 1. i . 23 ) , where his sympathy is all on the side of the insects . 2 Vide Nadal , Daphnaïda and the Boke of ...
Page xxxviii
... litle wanteth ' . And he had commented thus upon the present lull : when they are brought downe to extreme wretchedness , then they creepe a litle perhaps , and sue for grace , till they have gotten some breath and recovered their ...
... litle wanteth ' . And he had commented thus upon the present lull : when they are brought downe to extreme wretchedness , then they creepe a litle perhaps , and sue for grace , till they have gotten some breath and recovered their ...
Page lx
... litle wept , She bore it thence , and euer as her owne it kept . ( v1 . iv . 37. ) The romantic , often impossible , situations in which his characters are found only throws into stronger relief the exquisite delicacy of the sentiment ...
... litle wept , She bore it thence , and euer as her owne it kept . ( v1 . iv . 37. ) The romantic , often impossible , situations in which his characters are found only throws into stronger relief the exquisite delicacy of the sentiment ...
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... litle glooming light , much like a shade , By which he saw the vgly monster plaine , Halfe like a serpent horribly displaide , Most lothsom , filthie , foule , and full of vile disdaine . But th ' other halfe did womans shape retaine ...
... litle glooming light , much like a shade , By which he saw the vgly monster plaine , Halfe like a serpent horribly displaide , Most lothsom , filthie , foule , and full of vile disdaine . But th ' other halfe did womans shape retaine ...
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... litle winges the dreame he bore In hast vnto his Lord , where he him left afore . 45 Who all this while with charmes and hidden artes , Had made a Lady of that other Spright , And fram'd of liquid ayre her tender partes So liuely , and ...
... litle winges the dreame he bore In hast vnto his Lord , where he him left afore . 45 Who all this while with charmes and hidden artes , Had made a Lady of that other Spright , And fram'd of liquid ayre her tender partes So liuely , and ...
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