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... Hughes read " his bounty , which entirely alters the fenfe . CHURCH . Mr. Upton prefers " his bounty " as the easier reading ; but he feems not to have attended to the meaning of the old word bounty ; for he interprets the original ...
... Hughes read " his bounty , which entirely alters the fenfe . CHURCH . Mr. Upton prefers " his bounty " as the easier reading ; but he feems not to have attended to the meaning of the old word bounty ; for he interprets the original ...
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... Hughes , and Tonfon's edition in 1758 . TODD . XIV . 7 . in kenell ] So the first edition reads , which thofe of 1751 , Upton , and Church , follow . The reft read , " to kenell . " TODD . That durft not barke ; and rather had he dy 10 ...
... Hughes , and Tonfon's edition in 1758 . TODD . XIV . 7 . in kenell ] So the first edition reads , which thofe of 1751 , Upton , and Church , follow . The reft read , " to kenell . " TODD . That durft not barke ; and rather had he dy 10 ...
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... Hughes , who gives veiled . Either fpelling alters the fenfe . It should be either valed , or when avaled , that is , pulled off , laid down . So Drayton ufes vale for stoop : " To vale unto their pride , " Polyolb . p . 195. CHURCH ...
... Hughes , who gives veiled . Either fpelling alters the fenfe . It should be either valed , or when avaled , that is , pulled off , laid down . So Drayton ufes vale for stoop : " To vale unto their pride , " Polyolb . p . 195. CHURCH ...
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... Hughes and of 1751 fay , Perfant is used for pierced . CHURCH . Perfant is piercing ; and is fo ufed by Chaucer , from the Fr. See Rom . R. 2089. UPTON . XXI . Shee alfo dofte her heavy haberieon , Which CANTO IX . THE FAERIE QUEENE . 15.
... Hughes and of 1751 fay , Perfant is used for pierced . CHURCH . Perfant is piercing ; and is fo ufed by Chaucer , from the Fr. See Rom . R. 2089. UPTON . XXI . Shee alfo dofte her heavy haberieon , Which CANTO IX . THE FAERIE QUEENE . 15.
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... Hughes read , " And ( after reft they seeking far abrode ) " Found it & c . " But I prefer the old reading , the fenfe of which is this : Which Inland ( after they had refted themselves upon it ) they , fearching up and downe , found it ...
... Hughes read , " And ( after reft they seeking far abrode ) " Found it & c . " But I prefer the old reading , the fenfe of which is this : Which Inland ( after they had refted themselves upon it ) they , fearching up and downe , found it ...
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againſt alfo Amoret Blandamour brigandines Britomart Canto Chaucer CHURCH cloſe cruell Dame deare defire doth dreadfull edition in 1758 editions read eftfoones expreffion F. Q. iii Faerie Queene faft faid faire faire Ladies falfe fame farre fayd feare fecond fecret feeke feem'd feems feene fhall fhew fhould fide fight filk firft firſt flaine Florimell folios fome foone fore forrow freſh ftill fuch fure goodly hart hath herfelfe hight himſelfe Hughes JORTIN Knight Ladies laft laſt leffe likewife Malbecco moft moſt mote nought obferved Ovid paffage paffing Paridell pleaſure poet powre reft reſt Satyrane Scudamour ſhe Spenfer Spenfer's own edition Squire ſtill thefe themſelves theſe third folios thofe thoſe thou TODD Tonfon's edition Triamond ufed unto UPTON uſed vaine Venus viii Virgil WARTON weene weet whenas whofe whoſe wight wonne XXVII XXXIII
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Page 274 - Right fit to rend the food on which he fared. His name was Care ; a blacksmith by his trade, That neither day nor night from working spared, But to small purpose yron wedges made ; Those be unquiet thoughts that...
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Page 138 - For it of honor and all vertue is The roote, and brings forth glorious flowres of fame, That crowne true lovers with immortall blis, The meed of them that love, and do not live amisse.
Page 407 - And therein thousand payres of lovers walkt, Praysing their god, and yeelding him great thankes, Ne ever ought but of their true loves talkt, Ne ever for rebuke or blame of any balkt.
Page 349 - But antique Age, yet in the infancie Of time, did live then, like an innocent, In simple truth and blamelesse chastitie ; Ne then of guile had made experiment; But, voide of vile and treacherous intent, Held Vertue, for...
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