Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions of English Authors, from Earliest to the Present Time : Connected by a Critical and Biographical HistoryRobert Chambers Gould, Kendall and Lincoln, 1850 - English literature |
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Page 81
... appear'd in sight : His face was lean , and some - deal pin'd away , And eke his hands consumed to the bone ; But ... appears Of greedy Care , still brushing up the briers ; His knuckles knob'd , his flesh deep dinted in , With tawed ...
... appear'd in sight : His face was lean , and some - deal pin'd away , And eke his hands consumed to the bone ; But ... appears Of greedy Care , still brushing up the briers ; His knuckles knob'd , his flesh deep dinted in , With tawed ...
Page 92
... appear , To which no wit of man may comen near ; Help me to tell the names of all those floods , And all those nymphs , which then assembled were To that great banquet of the watery gods , And all their sundry kinds , and all their hid ...
... appear , To which no wit of man may comen near ; Help me to tell the names of all those floods , And all those nymphs , which then assembled were To that great banquet of the watery gods , And all their sundry kinds , and all their hid ...
Page 93
... appear , And wav'd upon like water chamelot , To hide the metal , which yet everywhere Bewray'd itself , to let men plainly wot , It was no mortal work , that seem'd and yet was not . Her goodly locks adown her back did flow Unto her ...
... appear , And wav'd upon like water chamelot , To hide the metal , which yet everywhere Bewray'd itself , to let men plainly wot , It was no mortal work , that seem'd and yet was not . Her goodly locks adown her back did flow Unto her ...
Page 97
... appear as manifold As are the passions of uncertain man ; Who puts it in all colours , all attires , To serve his ends , and makes his courses hold . He sees that , let deceit work what it can , Plot and contrive base ways to high ...
... appear as manifold As are the passions of uncertain man ; Who puts it in all colours , all attires , To serve his ends , and makes his courses hold . He sees that , let deceit work what it can , Plot and contrive base ways to high ...
Page 104
... warble forth dame Nature's lays , Thinking your voices understood By your weak accents ! what's your praise When Philomel her voice shall raise ? You violets that first appear , By your pure purple. 104 FROM 1558 TO 1649 . CYCLOPEDIA OF.
... warble forth dame Nature's lays , Thinking your voices understood By your weak accents ! what's your praise When Philomel her voice shall raise ? You violets that first appear , By your pure purple. 104 FROM 1558 TO 1649 . CYCLOPEDIA OF.
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