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... tell , That wasteth all his countrie farre and neare . " Of such , " saide he , " I chiefly doe in- quere , 275 And ... telling , counting . May ever passe , but thorough great dis- tresse . " " Now , " saide the ladie , " draweth toward ...
... tell , That wasteth all his countrie farre and neare . " Of such , " saide he , " I chiefly doe in- quere , 275 And ... telling , counting . May ever passe , but thorough great dis- tresse . " " Now , " saide the ladie , " draweth toward ...
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... tell 105 Does tremble ; for his deepe devouring jawes Wyde gaped , like the griesly mouth of hell , Through which into his darke abysse all ravin fell . XIII And , that more wondrous was , in either jaw Three ranckes of yron teeth ...
... tell 105 Does tremble ; for his deepe devouring jawes Wyde gaped , like the griesly mouth of hell , Through which into his darke abysse all ravin fell . XIII And , that more wondrous was , in either jaw Three ranckes of yron teeth ...
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... tell , Against the bridale daye , which is not long : Sweete Themmes , runne softly , till I end my song . Yet therein now doth lodge a noble peer , 145 along , low , Adowne the lee , that to them murmurde 115 As he would speake , but ...
... tell , Against the bridale daye , which is not long : Sweete Themmes , runne softly , till I end my song . Yet therein now doth lodge a noble peer , 145 along , low , Adowne the lee , that to them murmurde 115 As he would speake , but ...
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... tell , Or from their proud lap pluck them where they grew ; Nor did I wonder at the lily's white , Nor praise the deep vermilion in the rose ; They were but sweet , but figures of de- light , II Drawn after you , you pattern of all ...
... tell , Or from their proud lap pluck them where they grew ; Nor did I wonder at the lily's white , Nor praise the deep vermilion in the rose ; They were but sweet , but figures of de- light , II Drawn after you , you pattern of all ...
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... Tell me where is fancy3 bred , Or in the heart or in the head ? How begot , how nourished ? Reply , reply . It is engendered in the eyes , With gazing fed ; and fancy dies In the cradle where it lies . Let us all ring fancy's knell ; I ...
... Tell me where is fancy3 bred , Or in the heart or in the head ? How begot , how nourished ? Reply , reply . It is engendered in the eyes , With gazing fed ; and fancy dies In the cradle where it lies . Let us all ring fancy's knell ; I ...
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Page 114 - Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts, others to be read but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly and with diligence and attention. Some books also may be read by deputy and extracts made of them by others, but that would be only in the less important arguments and the meaner sort of books, else distilled books are like common distilled waters, flashy things.
Page 181 - I know they are as lively, and as vigorously productive, as those fabulous dragon's teeth; and, being sown up and down, may chance to spring up armed men. And yet, on the other hand, unless wariness be used, as good almost kill a man as kill a good book. Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image; but he who destroys" a good book kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were in the eye. Many a man lives a burden to the Earth ; but a good book is the precious life-blood of...
Page 293 - years, my lord, have now passed since I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door; during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it at last to the verge of publication, without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favor «» Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before.
Page 114 - Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. And therefore, if a man write little, he had need have a great memory; if he confer little, he had need have a present wit: and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not.
Page 459 - Roll on, thou deep and dark blue ocean, roll! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain ; Man marks the earth with ruin — his control Stops with the shore ; upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed, nor doth remain A shadow of man's ravage, save his own, When, for a moment, like a drop of rain, He sinks into thy depths with bubbling groan, Without a grave, unknelled, uncoffined and unknown.
Page 114 - STUDIES serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight is in privateness and retiring ; for ornament, is in discourse ; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business. For expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars, one by one ; but the general counsels, and the plots, and marshalling of affairs come best from those that are learned.
Page 185 - And though all the winds of doctrine were let loose to play upon the earth, so Truth be in the field, we do injuriously by licensing and prohibiting to misdoubt her strength. Let her and Falsehood grapple. Who ever knew Truth put to the worse, in a free and open encounter ? Her confuting is the best and surest suppressing.
Page 293 - I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received, or to be unwilling that the public should consider me as owing that to a Patron, which Providence has enabled me to do for myself.
Page 293 - The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love and found him a native of the rocks. Is not a Patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water and, when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help ? The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labors, had it been early, had been kind; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary and cannot impart it; till I am known and do not want it.
Page 441 - LADY HERON'S SONG Oh ! young Lochinvar is come out of the west, Through all the wide Border his steed was the best; And save his good broadsword he weapons had none, He rode all unarmed and he rode all alone. So faithful in love and so dauntless in war, There never was knight like the young Lochinvar. He stayed not for brake and he stopped not for stone...