Complete Works of Edmund SpenserMacmillan, 1893 - 736 pages |
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Page xi
... passe by touching Mr. Edmund Spenser and the worke it selfe , lest I should seeme to offer injury to his worth , by others so much celebrated . Hee was borne in London of an ancient and noble family , and brought up in the Universitie ...
... passe by touching Mr. Edmund Spenser and the worke it selfe , lest I should seeme to offer injury to his worth , by others so much celebrated . Hee was borne in London of an ancient and noble family , and brought up in the Universitie ...
Page xxvii
... passe ) , with the great admiration and wonderment of the whole countrey ; being indeede reputed matchable in all points , both for conceyt of witte , and eloquent decyphering of matters , either with Aristophanes and Menander in Greek ...
... passe ) , with the great admiration and wonderment of the whole countrey ; being indeede reputed matchable in all points , both for conceyt of witte , and eloquent decyphering of matters , either with Aristophanes and Menander in Greek ...
Page xxvii
... passe ) , with the great admiration and wonderment of the whole countrey ; being indeede reputed matchable in all points , both for conceyt of witte , and eloquent decyphering of matters , either with Aristophanes and Menander in Greek ...
... passe ) , with the great admiration and wonderment of the whole countrey ; being indeede reputed matchable in all points , both for conceyt of witte , and eloquent decyphering of matters , either with Aristophanes and Menander in Greek ...
Page xlix
... passe . So farre as doth the daughter of the day All other lesser lights in light excell ; So farre doth she in beautyfull array Above all other lasses beare the bell ; Ne less in vertue that beseems her well Doth she exceede the rest ...
... passe . So farre as doth the daughter of the day All other lesser lights in light excell ; So farre doth she in beautyfull array Above all other lasses beare the bell ; Ne less in vertue that beseems her well Doth she exceede the rest ...
Page 12
... passe , with pleasure forward led , Joying to heare the birdes sweete harmony , which , therein shrouded from the tempest dred , Seemd in their song to scorne the cruell sky . Much can they praise the trees so straight and hy , The ...
... passe , with pleasure forward led , Joying to heare the birdes sweete harmony , which , therein shrouded from the tempest dred , Seemd in their song to scorne the cruell sky . Much can they praise the trees so straight and hy , The ...
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