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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... face . The auriate vanes of his throne soverane With glitterand glance o'erspread the oceane ; 1 The largé fludes , lemand all of licht , But with ane blink of his supernal sicht . For to behald , it was ane glore to see The stabled ...
... face . The auriate vanes of his throne soverane With glitterand glance o'erspread the oceane ; 1 The largé fludes , lemand all of licht , But with ane blink of his supernal sicht . For to behald , it was ane glore to see The stabled ...
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... face all bot the een ; When gentlemen bid them gude day , Without reverence they slide away . Without their faults be soon amended , My flyting , 2 Sir , shall never be ended ; But wald your grace my counsel tak , Ane proclamation ye ...
... face all bot the een ; When gentlemen bid them gude day , Without reverence they slide away . Without their faults be soon amended , My flyting , 2 Sir , shall never be ended ; But wald your grace my counsel tak , Ane proclamation ye ...
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... face will stain you all ! The virtue of her lively looks Excels the precious stone : I wish to have none other books To read or look upon . In each of her two crystal eyes Smileth a naked boy : It would you all in heart suffice To see ...
... face will stain you all ! The virtue of her lively looks Excels the precious stone : I wish to have none other books To read or look upon . In each of her two crystal eyes Smileth a naked boy : It would you all in heart suffice To see ...
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... face forehew'd with wounds ; and by his side There hung his targe , with gashes deep and wide . [ Henry Duke of Buckingham in the Infernal Regions . ] [ The description of the Duke of Buckingham - the Bucking- ham , it must be ...
... face forehew'd with wounds ; and by his side There hung his targe , with gashes deep and wide . [ Henry Duke of Buckingham in the Infernal Regions . ] [ The description of the Duke of Buckingham - the Bucking- ham , it must be ...
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... face Sent forth the beams which made so fair my race . In martial sports I had my cunning tried , And yet to break more staves did me address ; While with the people's shouts , I must confess , Youth , luck , and praise , even fill'd my ...
... face Sent forth the beams which made so fair my race . In martial sports I had my cunning tried , And yet to break more staves did me address ; While with the people's shouts , I must confess , Youth , luck , and praise , even fill'd my ...
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