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... affection to our Englishe Malt . One speaketh thus homely of them , with whose words I wyll content myselfe for thys time , because I woulde not bee too broade with them in myne owne speeche . " • He then proceeds to quote " E. K. I II ...
... affection to our Englishe Malt . One speaketh thus homely of them , with whose words I wyll content myselfe for thys time , because I woulde not bee too broade with them in myne owne speeche . " • He then proceeds to quote " E. K. I II ...
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... affection was returned . Owing to the early age at which boys were sent to college in those days , school conditions existed at the Universities , and there is a reference to the bad side of them in the Harvey - Immerito correspondence ...
... affection was returned . Owing to the early age at which boys were sent to college in those days , school conditions existed at the Universities , and there is a reference to the bad side of them in the Harvey - Immerito correspondence ...
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... affection and speache of ambitious men " ; and under There grew there is a note that " This tale of the Oake and the Brere he telleth as learned of Chaucer , but it is cleane in another kind , and rather like to Esope's fables . It is ...
... affection and speache of ambitious men " ; and under There grew there is a note that " This tale of the Oake and the Brere he telleth as learned of Chaucer , but it is cleane in another kind , and rather like to Esope's fables . It is ...
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... affection of Love it selfe tormenteth the mynde , and vexeth the body many wayes , with unrestfulnesse all night , and wearines all day , seeking for that we cannot have , and fynding that we would not have even the selfe things which ...
... affection of Love it selfe tormenteth the mynde , and vexeth the body many wayes , with unrestfulnesse all night , and wearines all day , seeking for that we cannot have , and fynding that we would not have even the selfe things which ...
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... affections of fierceness , of lust , and of prey ; and listening to the tunes and harmonies of the harp ; and soon after called likewise the stones and the woods to remove , and stand in order about him : which fable was anciently ...
... affections of fierceness , of lust , and of prey ; and listening to the tunes and harmonies of the harp ; and soon after called likewise the stones and the woods to remove , and stand in order about him : which fable was anciently ...
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Edmund Spenser and the Impersonations of Francis Bacon Edward George Harman No preview available - 2012 |
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Page 458 - My story being done, She gave me for my pains a world of sighs ; She swore, — In faith, 'twas strange, 'twas passing strange ; 'Twas pitiful, 'twas wondrous pitiful...
Page 459 - It gives me wonder great as my content To see you here before me. O my soul's joy ! If after every tempest come such calms, May the winds blow till they have waken'd death ! And let the labouring bark climb hills of seas Olympus-high, and duck again as low As hell's from heaven...
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Page 479 - And on his brest a bloodie crosse he bore, The deare remembrance of his, dying lord, For whose sweete sake that glorious badge he wore, And dead, as living, ever him ador'd : Upon his shield -the like was also scor'd, For soveraine hope, which in his helpe he had.
Page 128 - I' the commonwealth I would by contraries Execute all things ; for no kind of traffic Would I admit ; no name of magistrate ; Letters should not be known : riches, poverty, And use of service, none...
Page 286 - I will ask him for my place again; he shall tell me I am a drunkard! Had I as many mouths as Hydra, such an answer would stop them all. To be now a sensible man, by and by a fool, and presently a beast! O strange! Every inordinate cup is unblessed and the ingredient is a devil. lago. Come, come; good wine is a good familiar creature if it be well used; exclaim no more against it.
Page 148 - The use of this Feigned History hath been to give some shadow of satisfaction to the mind of man in those points wherein the nature of things doth deny it...
Page 203 - Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire, Whose trees in summer yield him shade. In winter fire. Blest, who can unconcern'dly find Hours, days, and years slide soft away. In health of body, peace of mind, Quiet by day. Sound sleep by night; study and ease, Together mixt; sweet recreation: And innocence, which most does please With meditation.
Page 129 - Sour-eyed disdain, and discord, shall bestrew The union of your bed with weeds so loathly That you shall hate it both : therefore, take heed, As Hymen's lamps shall light you.