The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser: With Memoir and Critical Dissertations, Volume 4J. Nichol, 1866 |
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... But they that break bands of civility , And wicked customs make , those do defame Both noble arms and gentle courtesy : No greater shame to man than inhumanity . 1 Gadflies . 1 Advice . 2 Maintain . 3 Abide . 4 C. I. 11 THE FAERIE QUEENE .
... But they that break bands of civility , And wicked customs make , those do defame Both noble arms and gentle courtesy : No greater shame to man than inhumanity . 1 Gadflies . 1 Advice . 2 Maintain . 3 Abide . 4 C. I. 11 THE FAERIE QUEENE .
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... gentle swain : In his right hand he held a trembling dart , Whose fellow he before had sent apart ; And in his left he held a sharp boar - spear , With which he wont to launch the savage heart Of many a lion and of many a bear , That ...
... gentle swain : In his right hand he held a trembling dart , Whose fellow he before had sent apart ; And in his left he held a sharp boar - spear , With which he wont to launch the savage heart Of many a lion and of many a bear , That ...
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... Gentle . 4 Hind- rance . 5 Whereof he taking odds , straight bids him dight Prepare . Himself to yield his love or else to fight : Whereat the other starting up dismay'd , Yet boldly answer'd , as he rightly might , To leave his love he ...
... Gentle . 4 Hind- rance . 5 Whereof he taking odds , straight bids him dight Prepare . Himself to yield his love or else to fight : Whereat the other starting up dismay'd , Yet boldly answer'd , as he rightly might , To leave his love he ...
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... gentle boy , Which had himself so stoutly well acquit ; Seeing his face so lovely stern and coy , And hearing th ' answers of his pregnant wit , He prais'd it much , and much admiréd it ; That sure he ween'd him born of noble blood ...
... gentle boy , Which had himself so stoutly well acquit ; Seeing his face so lovely stern and coy , And hearing th ' answers of his pregnant wit , He prais'd it much , and much admiréd it ; That sure he ween'd him born of noble blood ...
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... gentle thewes 10 and such like seemly leres : 11 Mongst which my most delight hath always been To hunt the savage chase , amongst my peres , ' 12 Of all that rangeth in the forest green , Of which none is to me unknown that e'er was ...
... gentle thewes 10 and such like seemly leres : 11 Mongst which my most delight hath always been To hunt the savage chase , amongst my peres , ' 12 Of all that rangeth in the forest green , Of which none is to me unknown that e'er was ...
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