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... ye Readers geue ye pardon vnto Alexander de Barclay if ignoraunce , negligence or lacke of witt cause him to erre in this transla- tion , his purpose and singular desire is to con- tent tent your mindes . And sothly he hath taken vpon 123.
... ye Readers geue ye pardon vnto Alexander de Barclay if ignoraunce , negligence or lacke of witt cause him to erre in this transla- tion , his purpose and singular desire is to con- tent tent your mindes . And sothly he hath taken vpon 123.
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... vnto many , and which with- out great note of Ingratitude , I cannot co'ceale , hath oftentimes driuen me , and yet doth , to de- uise the means wherby in dutie and seruice , I might some way seeme to be thankfull . But finding mine ...
... vnto many , and which with- out great note of Ingratitude , I cannot co'ceale , hath oftentimes driuen me , and yet doth , to de- uise the means wherby in dutie and seruice , I might some way seeme to be thankfull . But finding mine ...
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... vnto you , but rather be the more acceptable vnder the title of your worshipfull Patronage , most humbly with my selfe , I present the same vnto your good liking . Trusting , that as Virgill and Maphæus of them- selves , shall bee welcome ...
... vnto you , but rather be the more acceptable vnder the title of your worshipfull Patronage , most humbly with my selfe , I present the same vnto your good liking . Trusting , that as Virgill and Maphæus of them- selves , shall bee welcome ...
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... vnto to her the mindes and eares of men , and maruellously de- lighteth them ; with the other , either in vertue or knowledge , she instructeth them . And as the Heroically written Imitation of an Other , is no- thing else , but the ...
... vnto to her the mindes and eares of men , and maruellously de- lighteth them ; with the other , either in vertue or knowledge , she instructeth them . And as the Heroically written Imitation of an Other , is no- thing else , but the ...
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... vnto you two honourable sisters , as to the most excellent and rare ornaments of all true loue and beautie , both in the one and the other kind : humbly beseeching you to vouch- safe the patronage of them , and to accept this my humble ...
... vnto you two honourable sisters , as to the most excellent and rare ornaments of all true loue and beautie , both in the one and the other kind : humbly beseeching you to vouch- safe the patronage of them , and to accept this my humble ...
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Page 81 - tis slander, Whose edge is sharper than the sword ; whose tongue Outvenoms all the worms of Nile ; whose breath Rides on the posting winds, and doth belie All corners of the world : kings, queens, and states, Maids, matrons, nay, the secrets of the grave This viperous slander enters.
Page 162 - Ye valleys low, where the mild whispers use Of shades, and wanton winds, and gushing brooks On whose fresh lap the swart star sparely looks ; Throw hither all your quaint enamell'd eyes That on the green turf suck the honey'd showers And purple all the ground with vernal flowers.
Page 153 - Sweet Swan of Avon! what a sight it were To see thee in our waters yet appear, And make those flights upon the banks of Thames That so did take Eliza and our James!
Page 192 - The wrath of Peleus' son, the direful spring Of all the Grecian woes, O Goddess, sing; That wrath which hurl'd to Pluto's gloomy reign The souls of mighty chiefs untimely slain. The stern Pelides...
Page 226 - Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for our sakes he became poor, that we through his poverty might be rich.
Page 189 - His banished gods restored to rites divine, And settled sure succession in his line ; From whence the race of Alban fathers come And the long glories of majestic Rome.
Page 153 - But stay, I see thee in the hemisphere Advanced, and made a constellation there! Shine forth, thou Star of poets, and with rage Or influence, chide or cheer the drooping stage, Which, since thy flight from hence, hath mourned like night, And despairs day, but for thy volume's light.
Page 181 - IT is a hard and nice subject for a man to write of himself; it grates his own heart to say any thing of disparagement, and the reader's ears to hear any thing of praise from him. There is no danger from me of offending him in this kind ; neither my mind, nor my body, nor my fortune, allow me any materials for that vanity. It is sufficient for my own contentment, that they have preserved me...
Page 187 - Hell, Earth, Chaos, all; the argument Held me a while misdoubting his intent, That he would ruin (for I saw him strong) The sacred truths to fable and old song (So...
Page 162 - And purple all the ground with vernal flowers. Bring the rathe primrose that forsaken dies, The tufted crow-toe, and pale jessamine, The white pink, and the pansy freaked with jet, The glowing violet, The musk-rose, and the well-attired woodbine, With cowslips wan that hang the pensive head, And every flower that sad embroidery wears; Bid amaranthus all his beauty shed, And daffodillies fill their cups with tears, To strew the laureate hearse where Lycid lies.