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" Tell them that brave it most, They beg for more by spending, Who, in their greatest cost, Seek nothing but commending: And if they make reply Then give them all the lie. "
Specimens of the Early English Poets: To which is Prefixed an Historical ... - Page 334
by George Ellis - 1803 - 458 pages
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A Bibliographical and Critical Account of the Rarest Books in the English ...

John Payne Collier - 1865 - 608 pages
...affaires of state, Their purpose is ambition, Their practise onely hate ; And if they once replie, Then, give them all the lie. " Tell them that brave it most, They begg for more by spendinge, Who in their greatest cost " Tell zeale it wants devotion, Tell love it...
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Roses and Holly. A Gift-book for All the Year

Roses - 1867 - 172 pages
...is ambition ; Their practice only hate. And if they do reply, Then give them all the lie. Tell those that brave it most, They beg for more by spending,...Seek nothing but commending. And if they make reply, Spare not to give the lie. Tell Zeal it lacks devotion ; Tell Love it is but lust ; Tell Time it is...
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The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20

1867 - 1052 pages
...lye. Tell men of high condition, That rule affairs of state, Their purpose is ambition, Their practise only hate ; And if they once reply, Then give them all the lye. Tell them that brave it most. They beg for more by spending, Who in their greatest cost Seek nothing...
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A household book of English poetry, selected with notes by R.C. Trench

Richard Chenevix Trench (abp. of Dublin) - 1868 - 458 pages
...If Potentates reply, Give Potentates the lie. Tell men of high condition, That manage the Estate, 20 Their purpose is ambition, Their practice only hate....give them all the lie. Tell them that brave it most, 25 They beg for more by spending, Who in their greatest cost Like nothing but commending : And if they...
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Choice Specimens of English Literature: Selected from the Chief English ...

Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - 1869 - 420 pages
...is ambition; Their practice only hate. And if they do reply, Then give them all the lie. Tell those that brave it most, They beg for more by spending,...Seek nothing but commending. And if they make reply, Spare not to give the lie. Tell Zeal it lacks devotion; Tell Love it is. but lust; Tell Time it is...
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Smaller specimens of English literature, with notes. Ed. by W. Smith

sir William Smith - 1869 - 382 pages
...ambition ; Their practice only hate. And if they do reply, Then give them all the lie. 25 Tell those that brave it most, They beg for more by spending....Seek nothing but commending. And if they make reply, 30 Spare not to give the lie. Tell Zeal it lacks devotion ; Tell Love it is but lust ; Tell Time it...
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The public school speaker and reader, ed. by J.E. Carpenter

Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1869 - 596 pages
...If potentates reply, Give potentates the tie. Tell men of high condition That rule affairs of state, Their purpose is ambition, Their practice only hate. And if they once reply, Then give them all the tie. Tell them that brave it most, They beg for more by spending, Who in their greatest cost, Seek...
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Favourite English poems and poets

English poems - 1870 - 722 pages
...: If potentates reply, Give potentates the lie. Tell men of high condition That manage the estate, Their purpose is ambition, Their practice only hate...make reply. Then give them all the lie. Tell zeal it wants devotion. Tell love it is but lust, Tell time it is but motion, Tell flesh it is but dust : And...
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A Household Book of English Poetry, Issue 160

1870 - 462 pages
...If Potentates reply, Give Potentates the lie. Tell men of high condition, That manage the Estate, 20 Their purpose is ambition, . Their practice only hate....give them all the lie. Tell them that brave it most, 25 They beg for more by spending, Who in their greatest cost Like nothing but commending : And if they...
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The Courtly Poets from Raleigh to Montrose

Sir Walter Raleigh, Sir Henry Wotton - 1870 - 322 pages
...: If potentates reply, Give potentates the lie. Tell men of high condition, That manage the estate, Their purpose is ambition, Their practice only hate...And if they once reply, Then give them all the lie. to Raleigh by name in a contemporary answer in the Chethnm MS. p. 107, and by implication in some other...
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