The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser: In Five Volumes, Volume 1Little, 1848 |
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Page xii
... heads , Bibiena , Macheavel , and Aretine , did , ( to let Bembo and Ariosto passe , ) with the great admiration and wonderment of the whole countrey ; being indeede reputed matchable in all points , both for conceyt of witte , and ...
... heads , Bibiena , Macheavel , and Aretine , did , ( to let Bembo and Ariosto passe , ) with the great admiration and wonderment of the whole countrey ; being indeede reputed matchable in all points , both for conceyt of witte , and ...
Page xix
... head , as he useth , from knowledge of any to whom he is endangered . Besides this , he or any man else that is disposed to mischief or villainy , may under his mantle go privily armed , with- out suspicion of any ; carry his head ...
... head , as he useth , from knowledge of any to whom he is endangered . Besides this , he or any man else that is disposed to mischief or villainy , may under his mantle go privily armed , with- out suspicion of any ; carry his head ...
Page xxxii
... head like a serpent's head , and a body like a leopard ; buttocks like a lion , and footed like a hart : and in his body there was such a noise , as it had been the noise of thirty couples of hounds questing ; and such a noise that ...
... head like a serpent's head , and a body like a leopard ; buttocks like a lion , and footed like a hart : and in his body there was such a noise , as it had been the noise of thirty couples of hounds questing ; and such a noise that ...
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... head of the Popish league . The adventures commenced in the Third Book are brought to a close in the Fifth ; or rather we hear no more of them , though they are not all concluded . In the Sixth Book , we are introduced to a new set of ...
... head of the Popish league . The adventures commenced in the Third Book are brought to a close in the Fifth ; or rather we hear no more of them , though they are not all concluded . In the Sixth Book , we are introduced to a new set of ...
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... head of the History ; that , from thence gathering the whole intention of the conceit , ye may as in a handful gripe al the discourse , which otherwise may happily seem tedious and confused . So , humbly craving the continuance of your ...
... head of the History ; that , from thence gathering the whole intention of the conceit , ye may as in a handful gripe al the discourse , which otherwise may happily seem tedious and confused . So , humbly craving the continuance of your ...
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