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... thee . The title - page of the book bears an inscription , “ To the noble and vertuous Gentleman , most worthy of all titles both of learning and chevalrie , M. Philip Sidney . " Then , after the lines " To His Booke , " comes the ...
... thee . The title - page of the book bears an inscription , “ To the noble and vertuous Gentleman , most worthy of all titles both of learning and chevalrie , M. Philip Sidney . " Then , after the lines " To His Booke , " comes the ...
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... thee to those that weld the awful crowne , To doubted Knights , whose woundlesse armour rusts , And helmes unbruzed wexen dayly browne . There may thy Muse display her fluttryng wing , And stretch her selfe at large from East to West ...
... thee to those that weld the awful crowne , To doubted Knights , whose woundlesse armour rusts , And helmes unbruzed wexen dayly browne . There may thy Muse display her fluttryng wing , And stretch her selfe at large from East to West ...
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... thee from them do call , And his last fate him from thee take away ; Too rathe cut off by practise criminall Of secrete foes , that him shall make in mischiefe fall . Now comes the ingenious transformation ( 29 ) : With thee yet shall ...
... thee from them do call , And his last fate him from thee take away ; Too rathe cut off by practise criminall Of secrete foes , that him shall make in mischiefe fall . Now comes the ingenious transformation ( 29 ) : With thee yet shall ...
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... thee ? " Impressions of the air and raising of tempests " is one among the discoveries of a difficult or extraordinary character which Bacon entitles " Magnalia Naturae " in a paper relating to scientific inquiries of the future ...
... thee ? " Impressions of the air and raising of tempests " is one among the discoveries of a difficult or extraordinary character which Bacon entitles " Magnalia Naturae " in a paper relating to scientific inquiries of the future ...
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... thee worthy service ; I prithee , Told thee no lies , made thee no mistakings , served Without or grudge or grumblings : thou didst promise To bate me a full year . Pros . Dost thou forget No. From what a torment I did free thee ? Ari ...
... thee worthy service ; I prithee , Told thee no lies , made thee no mistakings , served Without or grudge or grumblings : thou didst promise To bate me a full year . Pros . Dost thou forget No. From what a torment I did free thee ? Ari ...
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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...
Page 143 - I'll kneel down, And ask of thee forgiveness. So we'll live, And pray, and sing, and tell old tales, and laugh At gilded butterflies, and hear poor rogues Talk of court news ; and we'll talk with them too, Who loses,- and who wins ; who's in, who's out ; And take...
Page 196 - It is too full o' the milk of human kindness To catch the nearest way : thou wouldst be great ; Art not without ambition, but without The illness should attend it: what thou wouldst highly, That wouldst thou holily ; wouldst not play false, And yet wouldst wrongly win: thou'dst have, great Glamis, That which cries ' Thus thou must do, if thou have it; And that which rather thou dost fear to do Than wishest should be undone.
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.