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Page 49
... follow him fo faft , That even in the Porch he him did win , And cleft his head asunder to his chin . The carkaffe tumbling downe within the dore Did choke the entraunce with a lumpe of fin , That it could not be fhut ; whileft Calidore ...
... follow him fo faft , That even in the Porch he him did win , And cleft his head asunder to his chin . The carkaffe tumbling downe within the dore Did choke the entraunce with a lumpe of fin , That it could not be fhut ; whileft Calidore ...
Page 51
... i Ere he doe come . ] All fubfequent editions follow this emendation made in the first folio . Spenfer's own edition reads , " Ere thou doe come , " & c . Todd . 31 . The morrow next , before the lampe of C. I. 51 THE FAERIE QUEENE .
... i Ere he doe come . ] All fubfequent editions follow this emendation made in the first folio . Spenfer's own edition reads , " Ere thou doe come , " & c . Todd . 31 . The morrow next , before the lampe of C. I. 51 THE FAERIE QUEENE .
Page 59
... follow his firft queft , when as he spyde A tall young man , from thence not farre away , Fighting on foot , as well he him descryde , Against an armed knight that did on horsebacke ryde . 4 . And them befide a Ladie faire he faw ...
... follow his firft queft , when as he spyde A tall young man , from thence not farre away , Fighting on foot , as well he him descryde , Against an armed knight that did on horsebacke ryde . 4 . And them befide a Ladie faire he faw ...
Page 84
... words " in vaine " follow " Crying aloud ; " but this hypermetrical foot is admitted only by the first folio and the edition of 1751. TODD . And to betake him felfe to fearefull flight ; For 84 THE FAERIE QUEENE . B. 6 .
... words " in vaine " follow " Crying aloud ; " but this hypermetrical foot is admitted only by the first folio and the edition of 1751. TODD . And to betake him felfe to fearefull flight ; For 84 THE FAERIE QUEENE . B. 6 .
Page 85
... follow'd faft the Monster in his flight : Through woods and hils he follow'd him fo faft , That he nould let him breath , nor gather spright , But forft him gape and gafpe , with dread aghast , As if his lungs and lites were nigh a ...
... follow'd faft the Monster in his flight : Through woods and hils he follow'd him fo faft , That he nould let him breath , nor gather spright , But forft him gape and gafpe , with dread aghast , As if his lungs and lites were nigh a ...
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Page 273 - And the dull drops, that from his purpled bill As from a limbeck did adown distill.
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Page 42 - OF Court, it seemes, men Courtesie doe call, For that it there most useth to abound ; And well beseemeth that in Princes hall That Vertue should be plentifully found, Which of all goodly manners is the ground, And roote of civill conversation...
Page 58 - WHAT vertue is so fitting for a knight, Or for a Ladie whom a knight should love, As Curtesie; to beare themselves aright To all of each degree as doth behove ? For whether they be placed high above Or low beneath, yet ought they well to know Their good; that none them rightly may reprove Of rudenesse for not yeelding what they owe : Great skill it is such duties timely to bestow.
Page 284 - I well consider all that ye have sayd, And find that all things stedfastnes doe hate And changed be: yet being rightly wayd, They are not changed from their first estate; But by their change their being doe dilate: And turning to themselves at length againe, Doe worke their owne perfection so by fate: Then over them Change doth not rule and raigne; But they raigne over Change, and doe their states maintaine.
Page 332 - Is layd abed, and no where now to see; And in her roome unseemly Sorrow sits, With hollow browes and greisly countenaunce, Marring my joyous gentle dalliaunce.
Page 274 - And backward yode, as bargemen wont to fare Bending their force contrary to their face ; Like that ungracious crew which faines demurest grace.
Page 275 - The sixt was August, being rich arrayd In garment all of gold downe to the ground ; Yet rode he not, but led a lovely Mayd Forth by the lilly hand, the which was cround With...
Page 208 - Liker to heaven then mortall wretchednesse : Therefore the winged god, to let men weet That here on earth is no sure happinesse, A thousand sowres hath tempred with one sweet, To make it seeme more deare and dainty, as is meet.
Page 197 - For, being gone, none can them bring in place, But whom they of themselves list so to grace." " Right sory I," saide then Sir Calidore, " That my ill fortune did them hence displace : But since things passed none may now restore, Tell me what were they all, whose lacke thee grieves so sore.