The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser: In Five Volumes, Volume 1Little, 1848 |
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... lady is first lamented under the figure of a white lioness , ( the white lion being one of the sup- porters on the armorial bearings of the Howard family , ) and then under that of a shepherdess , by Alcyon , her husband . In 1595 , our ...
... lady is first lamented under the figure of a white lioness , ( the white lion being one of the sup- porters on the armorial bearings of the Howard family , ) and then under that of a shepherdess , by Alcyon , her husband . In 1595 , our ...
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... ladies in these expressions , than of real feeling of danger or impropriety in the poems . This year also produced his " Protha- lamion , or a Spousall Verse , " a short poem in honor of the double marriage of Lady Elizabeth and Lady ...
... ladies in these expressions , than of real feeling of danger or impropriety in the poems . This year also produced his " Protha- lamion , or a Spousall Verse , " a short poem in honor of the double marriage of Lady Elizabeth and Lady ...
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... lady represents the mind , her castle the body , its portcullis the nose , its porch the mouth , its porter the tongue , and the sixteen warders in " ' glistering steel , " circling the porch , the teeth . Alma shows them the ...
... lady represents the mind , her castle the body , its portcullis the nose , its porch the mouth , its porter the tongue , and the sixteen warders in " ' glistering steel , " circling the porch , the teeth . Alma shows them the ...
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... lady , " and that he who resolves to succeed has already half succeeded . Timias is a character whom the reader will naturally associate with Amoret . He represents , apparently , the spirit of chivalrous honor and generosity , and is ...
... lady , " and that he who resolves to succeed has already half succeeded . Timias is a character whom the reader will naturally associate with Amoret . He represents , apparently , the spirit of chivalrous honor and generosity , and is ...
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... Lady Flourdelis is the genius of France . In the assistance given to Belgè ( c . XI . ) by the British prince , we perceive the aid and protection afforded to the Nether- lands by Queen Elizabeth , in their desperate struggle against ...
... Lady Flourdelis is the genius of France . In the assistance given to Belgè ( c . XI . ) by the British prince , we perceive the aid and protection afforded to the Nether- lands by Queen Elizabeth , in their desperate struggle against ...
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