Select British Poets, Or, New Elegant Extracts from Chaucer to the Present Time: With Critical RemarksWm. C. Hall, 1824 - 822 pages |
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... fool , what helpeth thee to spien ? Though thou pray Argus with his hundred To be my wardecorps , as he can best . In faithe he shal not kepe me but me lest : eyen Yet coude I make his berd , so mote I CHAUCER . ] 29 NEW ELEGANT EXTRACTS .
... fool , what helpeth thee to spien ? Though thou pray Argus with his hundred To be my wardecorps , as he can best . In faithe he shal not kepe me but me lest : eyen Yet coude I make his berd , so mote I CHAUCER . ] 29 NEW ELEGANT EXTRACTS .
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... Fool , " said he , " I would no less . " Look here , I say . " I look'd , and Stella spied , Who hard by made a window send forth light . My heart then quaked , then dazzled were my eyes ; One hand forgot to rule , th ' other to fight ...
... Fool , " said he , " I would no less . " Look here , I say . " I look'd , and Stella spied , Who hard by made a window send forth light . My heart then quaked , then dazzled were my eyes ; One hand forgot to rule , th ' other to fight ...
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... fool ! ) a while for refuge hovers ; And when at length her flagging pinion fails , Panting she hangs upon the rolling sails , And being forc'd to loose her hold with pain , Yet beaten off , she straight lights on again , [ weather ...
... fool ! ) a while for refuge hovers ; And when at length her flagging pinion fails , Panting she hangs upon the rolling sails , And being forc'd to loose her hold with pain , Yet beaten off , she straight lights on again , [ weather ...
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... fool that starves her love Only to feed her pride . SIR , TO A FRIEND . Whether these lines do find you out , Putting or clearing of a doubt ; ( Whether Predestination , Or reconciling Three in One , Or the unriddling how men die , And ...
... fool that starves her love Only to feed her pride . SIR , TO A FRIEND . Whether these lines do find you out , Putting or clearing of a doubt ; ( Whether Predestination , Or reconciling Three in One , Or the unriddling how men die , And ...
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... Fool'd and beguil'd , by him thou , I by thee , To trust thee from my side , imagin'd wise , Constant , mature , proof against all assaults , And understood not all was but a shew Rather than solid virtue , all but a rib Crooked by ...
... Fool'd and beguil'd , by him thou , I by thee , To trust thee from my side , imagin'd wise , Constant , mature , proof against all assaults , And understood not all was but a shew Rather than solid virtue , all but a rib Crooked by ...
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