Complete Works of Edmund SpenserMacmillan, 1893 - 736 pages |
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Page xxxiv
... him to bring us forth that translation to be here read among vs , or otherwise to deliuer to us , as his memory may serue him , the contents of the same ; he shal ( I warrant you ) satisfie you all at the ful , and himselfe wil haue no ...
... him to bring us forth that translation to be here read among vs , or otherwise to deliuer to us , as his memory may serue him , the contents of the same ; he shal ( I warrant you ) satisfie you all at the ful , and himselfe wil haue no ...
Page 18
... himselfe how to disguise ; For by his mighty science he could take As many formes and shapes in seeming wise , As ever Proteus to himselfe could make : Sometime a fowle , sometime a fish in lake , Now like a foxe , now like a dragon ...
... himselfe how to disguise ; For by his mighty science he could take As many formes and shapes in seeming wise , As ever Proteus to himselfe could make : Sometime a fowle , sometime a fish in lake , Now like a foxe , now like a dragon ...
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... Himselfe to batteill with his couched speare . Loth was that other , and did faint through feare , To taste th ' untryed dint of deadly steele : But yet his Lady did so well him cheare , That hope of new good hap he gan to feele ; So ...
... Himselfe to batteill with his couched speare . Loth was that other , and did faint through feare , To taste th ' untryed dint of deadly steele : But yet his Lady did so well him cheare , That hope of new good hap he gan to feele ; So ...
Page 30
... himselfe unknowne . XXIX Most wretched wight , whom nothing might suffise ; Whose greedy lust did lacke in greatest store : Whose need had end , but no end covetise ; Whose welth was want , whose plenty made him pore ; Who had enough ...
... himselfe unknowne . XXIX Most wretched wight , whom nothing might suffise ; Whose greedy lust did lacke in greatest store : Whose need had end , but no end covetise ; Whose welth was want , whose plenty made him pore ; Who had enough ...
Page 57
... him me blesse ! ) That cursed wight , from whom I scapt whyle- are , A man of hell that calls himselfe Despayre : Who first us greets , and after fayre areedes of tydinges straunge , and of adventures rare : So creeping close , as Snake ...
... him me blesse ! ) That cursed wight , from whom I scapt whyle- are , A man of hell that calls himselfe Despayre : Who first us greets , and after fayre areedes of tydinges straunge , and of adventures rare : So creeping close , as Snake ...
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