A Book of English Essays (1600-1900)Stanley Victor Makower, Basil H. Blackwell Oxford University Press, 1952 - 440 pages |
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Page 13
... night had been a time , wherein they might grow good , and wise . And certainly , the wise man is the wiser for his sleeping , if he can order well in the day , what the eyeless night presenteth him . Every dream is not to be counted of ...
... night had been a time , wherein they might grow good , and wise . And certainly , the wise man is the wiser for his sleeping , if he can order well in the day , what the eyeless night presenteth him . Every dream is not to be counted of ...
Page 14
... night's dumb rest . When the tired Huntsman , his repose begins , Then flies his mind to woods , and wild beast dens . Judges dream cases : Champions seem to run , With their night Coursers , the vain bounds to shun . , Love hugs his ...
... night's dumb rest . When the tired Huntsman , his repose begins , Then flies his mind to woods , and wild beast dens . Judges dream cases : Champions seem to run , With their night Coursers , the vain bounds to shun . , Love hugs his ...
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... nights and this not once , but night after night- in my shirt , to receive the discipline of a leathern thong , with eleven other sufferers , because it pleased my callow overseer , when there has been any talking heard after we were ...
... nights and this not once , but night after night- in my shirt , to receive the discipline of a leathern thong , with eleven other sufferers , because it pleased my callow overseer , when there has been any talking heard after we were ...
Contents
SIR THOMAS OVERBURY 15811613 | 9 |
SIR THOMAS BROWNE 16051682 | 16 |
THOMAS FULLER 16081661 | 22 |
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