Complete Works of Edmund SpenserMacmillan, 1893 - 736 pages |
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Page xxxiv
... hath not with- drawne himselfe from seruice of the state to liue idle or wholly priuate to himselfe , but hath spent some time in doing that which may greatly benefit others and hath serued not a little to the bettering of his owne mind ...
... hath not with- drawne himselfe from seruice of the state to liue idle or wholly priuate to himselfe , but hath spent some time in doing that which may greatly benefit others and hath serued not a little to the bettering of his owne mind ...
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... hath lately exhibited suit against your suppliant for three ploughlands , parcels of Shanballymore ( your suppliant's inherit- ance ) before the Vice - president and Council of Munster , which land hath been here- tofore decreed for ...
... hath lately exhibited suit against your suppliant for three ploughlands , parcels of Shanballymore ( your suppliant's inherit- ance ) before the Vice - president and Council of Munster , which land hath been here- tofore decreed for ...
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... hath given you leave to land ; And biddes this rare dispenser of your graces Bow downe his brow unto her sacred hand . Deserte findes dew in that most princely doome , In whose sweete brest are all the Muses bredde : So did that great ...
... hath given you leave to land ; And biddes this rare dispenser of your graces Bow downe his brow unto her sacred hand . Deserte findes dew in that most princely doome , In whose sweete brest are all the Muses bredde : So did that great ...
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... hath ensampled a good governour and a vertuous man , the one in his Ilias , the other in his Odysseis : then Virgil , whose like intention was to doe in the person of Aeneas : after him Ariosto com- prised them both in his Orlando . and ...
... hath ensampled a good governour and a vertuous man , the one in his Ilias , the other in his Odysseis : then Virgil , whose like intention was to doe in the person of Aeneas : after him Ariosto com- prised them both in his Orlando . and ...
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... hath ensampled a good governour and a vertuous man , the one in his Ilias , the other in his Odysseis : then Virgil , whose like intention was to doe in the person of Aeneas : after him Ariosto com- prised them both in his Orlando and ...
... hath ensampled a good governour and a vertuous man , the one in his Ilias , the other in his Odysseis : then Virgil , whose like intention was to doe in the person of Aeneas : after him Ariosto com- prised them both in his Orlando and ...
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