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... head of his college , gave occasion to his departure . The last supposition is the most probable one , as , though he often mentions the university in terms of affection , he preserves an unbroken silence with respect to that particular ...
... head of his college , gave occasion to his departure . The last supposition is the most probable one , as , though he often mentions the university in terms of affection , he preserves an unbroken silence with respect to that particular ...
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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 hap- pily seem tedious and confused . So , humbly craving the continuance of ...
... 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 hap- pily seem tedious and confused . So , humbly craving the continuance of ...
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... heads , that with their counsels wise Whylom the pillours of th ' earth did sustaine , And taught ambitious Rome to tyrannise , And in the neck of all the world to rayne ; Oft from those grave affaires were wont abstaine , With the ...
... heads , that with their counsels wise Whylom the pillours of th ' earth did sustaine , And taught ambitious Rome to tyrannise , And in the neck of all the world to rayne ; Oft from those grave affaires were wont abstaine , With the ...
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... head of thy Love's praise ; Fitter perhaps to thonder martiall stowre , Whenso thee list thy lofty Muse to raise : Yet , till that Thou thy Poeme wilt make knowne , Let thy faire Cinthias praises be thus rudely showne . E. S. TO THE ...
... head of thy Love's praise ; Fitter perhaps to thonder martiall stowre , Whenso thee list thy lofty Muse to raise : Yet , till that Thou thy Poeme wilt make knowne , Let thy faire Cinthias praises be thus rudely showne . E. S. TO THE ...
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... head ; whose folds displaid Were stretcht now forth at length without entraile . She lookt about , and seeing one in mayle , Armed to point , sought backe to turne againe ; For light she hated as the deadly bale , Ay wont in desert ...
... head ; whose folds displaid Were stretcht now forth at length without entraile . She lookt about , and seeing one in mayle , Armed to point , sought backe to turne againe ; For light she hated as the deadly bale , Ay wont in desert ...
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adamant rocke Archimago armes Beast behold blood brest Britomartis CANTO chaunce chaunst corage corse courser cruell Dame deadly deare death devize dismaid dore doth dread dreadfull Duessa EDMUND SPENSER Elfin Knight Enchaunter enimy eternall evermore eyes Faery Knight Faery Queene faire faire Lady false Duessa fast fayre feare feeble flowre fowle gentle goodly grace griefe grone Gyaunt hand hart hast hath heaven heavenly hight himselfe ioyous Lady light living wight Lord mightie Muse never nigh noble nought Paynim poet powre pray Prince proud quake quight quoth rage Redcrosse Knight Sansfoy seemd selfe sence Shee shew shield shyne sight Sith sonne sore sownd speach Spenser spide spright staind steed straunge suddein sunne sweet syre thee thou traveiled trew unto vaine vertues Virgin wandring wearie weene whenas wondrous wonne wont wound wrath wretched wyde yron
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Page 29 - A GENTLE Knight was pricking on the plaine, Ycladd in mightie armes and silver shielde, Wherein old dints of deepe woundes did remaine, The cruell markes of many a bloody fielde ; Yet armes till that time did he never wield : His angry steede did chide his foming bitt, As much disdayning to the curbe to yield : Full jolly knight he seemd, and faire did sitt, As one for knightly giusts and fierce encounters fitt.
Page 4 - I have followed all the antique Poets historicall ; first Homere, who in the Persons of Agamemnon and Ulysses 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...
Page 3 - The generall end therefore of all the booke is to fashion a gentleman or noble person in vertuous and gentle discipline...
Page 65 - One day, nigh wearie of the yrkesome way, From her unhastie beast she did alight; And on the grasse her dainty limbs did lay In...
Page 184 - Come, come away, fraile, feeble, fleshly wight, Ne let vaine words bewitch thy manly hart, Ne divelish thoughts dismay thy constant spright : In heavenly mercies hast thou not a part ? Why shouldst thou then despeire, that chosen art...
Page 51 - He then devisde himselfe how to disguise; For by his mighty science he could take As many formes and shapes in seeming wise, As ever Proteus to himselfe could make: Sometime a fowle, sometime a fish in lake, Now like a foxe, now like a dragon fell; That of himselfe he ofte for feare would quake, And oft would flie away.
Page 190 - She was araied all in lilly white, And in her right hand bore a cup of gold, With wine and water fild up to the hight, In which a Serpent did himselfe enfold, That horrour made to all that did behold ; But she no...
Page 30 - To prove his puissance in battell brave Upon his foe, and his new force to learne; Upon his foe, a Dragon horrible and stearne.
Page 40 - Sir knight, ye have advised bin, (Quoth then that aged man) the way to win Is wisely to advise: now day is spent; Therefore with me ye may take up your in For this same night.
Page 66 - O how can beautie maister the most strong, And simple truth subdue avenging wrong! Whose yielded...