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 |
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... rest are plain but chaff Which seem good corn to be . This gift alone I shall her give : When Death doth what he can , Her honest fame shall ever live Within the mouth of man . Amantium Ira amoris redintegratio est . [ By Richard ...
... rest are plain but chaff Which seem good corn to be . This gift alone I shall her give : When Death doth what he can , Her honest fame shall ever live Within the mouth of man . Amantium Ira amoris redintegratio est . [ By Richard ...
Page 71
... rest through the tables , wherein , I suppose , were served two hundred dishes , or above , of wondrous costly meats and devices , subtilly de- vised . Thus passed they forth the whole night with banquetting , dancing , and other ...
... rest through the tables , wherein , I suppose , were served two hundred dishes , or above , of wondrous costly meats and devices , subtilly de- vised . Thus passed they forth the whole night with banquetting , dancing , and other ...
Page 81
... rest , ' till she have her desire ; But frets within so far forth with the fire Of wreaking flames , that now determines she To die by death , or ' veng'd by death to be . When fell Revenge , with bloody foul pretence , Had show'd ...
... rest , ' till she have her desire ; But frets within so far forth with the fire Of wreaking flames , that now determines she To die by death , or ' veng'd by death to be . When fell Revenge , with bloody foul pretence , Had show'd ...
Page 82
... rest ) He overwhelm'd , and all their fame devour'd , Consum'd , destroy'd , wasted , and never ceas'd , " Till he their wealth , their name , and all oppress'd : His face forehew'd with wounds ; and by his side There hung his targe ...
... rest ) He overwhelm'd , and all their fame devour'd , Consum'd , destroy'd , wasted , and never ceas'd , " Till he their wealth , their name , and all oppress'd : His face forehew'd with wounds ; and by his side There hung his targe ...
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... rest , For all the rest of those two parents came , Which afterward both sea and land possest . Of all which Nereus , th ' eldest and the best , Did first proceed , than which none more upright , Ne more sincere in word and deed profest ...
... rest , For all the rest of those two parents came , Which afterward both sea and land possest . Of all which Nereus , th ' eldest and the best , Did first proceed , than which none more upright , Ne more sincere in word and deed profest ...
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