The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser: In Five Volumes, Volume 1Little, 1848 |
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... fell little short of three furlongs in length . Prodigious as this tail is , the knight must have had an arm of no inconsiderable , if not of corresponding , longitude ; for the monster having fixed the sting at the extremity of its ...
... fell little short of three furlongs in length . Prodigious as this tail is , the knight must have had an arm of no inconsiderable , if not of corresponding , longitude ; for the monster having fixed the sting at the extremity of its ...
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... fell not all to ground ; For all so deare , as life is to my hart , bound : I deeme your love , and hold me to you Ne let vaine fears procure your needlesse smart , Where cause is none ; but to your rest depart . " LII.1 . 1 Frayes ...
... fell not all to ground ; For all so deare , as life is to my hart , bound : I deeme your love , and hold me to you Ne let vaine fears procure your needlesse smart , Where cause is none ; but to your rest depart . " LII.1 . 1 Frayes ...
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... fell ; That of himselfe he oft for feare would quake , And oft would flie away . O who can tell The hidden powre of herbes , and might of magick spell ! XI . But now seemde best the person to put on Of that good Knight , his late ...
... fell ; That of himselfe he oft for feare would quake , And oft would flie away . O who can tell The hidden powre of herbes , and might of magick spell ! XI . But now seemde best the person to put on Of that good Knight , his late ...
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... fell and furious , That , daunted with their forces hideous , Their steeds doe stagger , and amazed stand ; And eke themselves , too rudely rigorous , Astonied with the stroke of their owne hand , Doe backe rebutte , 1 and each to other ...
... fell and furious , That , daunted with their forces hideous , Their steeds doe stagger , and amazed stand ; And eke themselves , too rudely rigorous , Astonied with the stroke of their owne hand , Doe backe rebutte , 1 and each to other ...
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... fell from high honors staire Into the hands of hys accursed fone , 2 And cruelly was slaine ; that shall I ever mone ! XXIV . " His blessed body , spoild of lively breath , Was afterward , I know not how , convaid , And fro me hid ; of ...
... fell from high honors staire Into the hands of hys accursed fone , 2 And cruelly was slaine ; that shall I ever mone ! XXIV . " His blessed body , spoild of lively breath , Was afterward , I know not how , convaid , And fro me hid ; of ...
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