Complete Works of Edmund SpenserMacmillan, 1893 - 736 pages |
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... shew yourselfe courteous now unto us all and to make vs all beholding unto you for the pleasure and profit which we shall gather from your speeches , if you shall vouchsafe to open unto vs the goodly cabinet , in which this excellent ...
... shew yourselfe courteous now unto us all and to make vs all beholding unto you for the pleasure and profit which we shall gather from your speeches , if you shall vouchsafe to open unto vs the goodly cabinet , in which this excellent ...
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... shew a mind with envy fraught . To labour to commend a peece of worke , Which no man goes about to discommend , Would raise a jealous doubt , that there did lurke Some secret doubt whereto the prayse did tend ; For when men know the ...
... shew a mind with envy fraught . To labour to commend a peece of worke , Which no man goes about to discommend , Would raise a jealous doubt , that there did lurke Some secret doubt whereto the prayse did tend ; For when men know the ...
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... present I prepare , For love of vertue and of Martiall praise ; To which though nobly ye inclined are , As goodlie well ye shew'd in late assaies , Yet brave ensample of long passed daies , In which 8 VERSES ADDRESSED BY THE AUTHOR.
... present I prepare , For love of vertue and of Martiall praise ; To which though nobly ye inclined are , As goodlie well ye shew'd in late assaies , Yet brave ensample of long passed daies , In which 8 VERSES ADDRESSED BY THE AUTHOR.
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... shew what ye bee ; Add faith unto your force , and be not faint ; Strangle her , els she sure will strangle thee . " That when he heard , in great perplexitie , His gall did grate for griefe and high disdaine ; And , knitting all his ...
... shew what ye bee ; Add faith unto your force , and be not faint ; Strangle her , els she sure will strangle thee . " That when he heard , in great perplexitie , His gall did grate for griefe and high disdaine ; And , knitting all his ...
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... shew , and voide of malice bad ; And all the way he prayed as he went , And often knockt his brest , as one that did repent . XXX He faire the knight saluted , louting low , Who faire him quited , as that courteous was ; And after asked ...
... shew , and voide of malice bad ; And all the way he prayed as he went , And often knockt his brest , as one that did repent . XXX He faire the knight saluted , louting low , Who faire him quited , as that courteous was ; And after asked ...
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