Spencer: Book I of the Faery QueeneClarendon Press, 1883 - 257 pages |
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Page vi
... selfe , who for speciall occasion of private affaires ( as I have been partly by himselfe informed ) and for his more prefer- ment , remooved out of the north partes , [ and ] came into the south . " ease and employment at Kilcolman ...
... selfe , who for speciall occasion of private affaires ( as I have been partly by himselfe informed ) and for his more prefer- ment , remooved out of the north partes , [ and ] came into the south . " ease and employment at Kilcolman ...
Page xxvii
... undertaken by xii . severall knights , are in these twelve books severally handled and discoursed . The first was this . In the beginning of the feast , there pre- sented him selfe a tall clownish younge man , who SIR WALTER RALEIGH .
... undertaken by xii . severall knights , are in these twelve books severally handled and discoursed . The first was this . In the beginning of the feast , there pre- sented him selfe a tall clownish younge man , who SIR WALTER RALEIGH .
Page xxviii
... selfe on the floore , unfit through his rusticitie for a better place . Soone after entred a faire Ladie in mourning weedes , riding on a white Asse , with a dwarfe behind her leading a warlike steed , that bore the Armes of a knight ...
... selfe on the floore , unfit through his rusticitie for a better place . Soone after entred a faire Ladie in mourning weedes , riding on a white Asse , with a dwarfe behind her leading a warlike steed , that bore the Armes of a knight ...
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... selfe light , through darkenesse for to wade . 13 Yea but ( quoth she ) the perill of this place I better wot then you , though now too late To wish you backe returne with foule disgrace , Yet wisedome warnes , whilest foot is in the ...
... selfe light , through darkenesse for to wade . 13 Yea but ( quoth she ) the perill of this place I better wot then you , though now too late To wish you backe returne with foule disgrace , Yet wisedome warnes , whilest foot is in the ...
Page 7
... selfe she gathered round , And all attonce her beastly body raizd With doubled forces high above the ground : Tho wrapping up her wrethed sterne arownd , Lept fierce upon his shield , and her huge traine . All suddenly about his body ...
... selfe she gathered round , And all attonce her beastly body raizd With doubled forces high above the ground : Tho wrapping up her wrethed sterne arownd , Lept fierce upon his shield , and her huge traine . All suddenly about his body ...
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Archimago Ariosto armes Bartsch beast blood bloud Brachet brest CANTO Chanson de Roland Chaucer Cotgrave cruell dame deadly deare death Dict Diez doth dragon dread dreadfull elfin knight English eternall evil eyes Faery Queene faire fast feare feeble fierce fight gentle Gloss glossary goodly Goth grace griefe groning hand hart hath heaven heavenly hight house of Pride Icel king lady Latin living lord Lord Leicester meaning mighty Milton Nares never nigh nought paine Paynim phrase poets powre pray pret pride Prince Arthur pron proud quoth rage Red Cross Knight seemd seems selfe sense Shepheards Calender shew shield shyning sight Skeat s.v. sonne sore Spenser spide Stratmann sweet thee thence thou tree Truth unto vaine verb viii wandring weary weene wight wondrous wont word wound wyde yron