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Trade , tread , trace , Tenor , the middle part footstep . Do Trade , do next the
base . walk . · Thee , thrive , prosper . Well Train , Trayn , the train or mote ge thee
, B. ii . C. 1 . tail . Likewise used for St. 33 . treachery , deceit . or Tramels , nets .
Trade , tread , trace , Tenor , the middle part footstep . Do Trade , do next the
base . walk . · Thee , thrive , prosper . Well Train , Trayn , the train or mote ge thee
, B. ii . C. 1 . tail . Likewise used for St. 33 . treachery , deceit . or Tramels , nets .
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Roll'd up in wanton swine's flesh The fiend miglit have crept into thee ; Then
fulness of gut Might have caus'd thee to rut , And the devil have so rid thrio ' thee .
VII , But , alas ! he had been feasted With a spiritual collation By our frugal Mayor
...
Roll'd up in wanton swine's flesh The fiend miglit have crept into thee ; Then
fulness of gut Might have caus'd thee to rut , And the devil have so rid thrio ' thee .
VII , But , alas ! he had been feasted With a spiritual collation By our frugal Mayor
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fly Could not the hand I plighted , nor the love , Nor thee the fate of dying Dido ,
move ? And in the depth of winter , in the night , 25 • Dark as thy black designs ,
to take thy flight , " To plough the raging seas to coasts unknown , • The kingdom
...
fly Could not the hand I plighted , nor the love , Nor thee the fate of dying Dido ,
move ? And in the depth of winter , in the night , 25 • Dark as thy black designs ,
to take thy flight , " To plough the raging seas to coasts unknown , • The kingdom
...
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Perfidious wretch ! rough Caucasus thee bred , 89 And with their milk Hyrcanian
tigers fed . • Dissimulation I shall now forget , • And my reserves of rage in order
set , Could all my pray'rs and soft entreaties force Sighs from his breast , or from ...
Perfidious wretch ! rough Caucasus thee bred , 89 And with their milk Hyrcanian
tigers fed . • Dissimulation I shall now forget , • And my reserves of rage in order
set , Could all my pray'rs and soft entreaties force Sighs from his breast , or from ...
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Let none direct thee what to do or say , Till thee thy judgment of the matter sway .
Let not the pleasing many thee delight ; [ right . First judge if those whom thou
dost please judge Search not to find what lies too deeply hid , 231 Nor to know ...
Let none direct thee what to do or say , Till thee thy judgment of the matter sway .
Let not the pleasing many thee delight ; [ right . First judge if those whom thou
dost please judge Search not to find what lies too deeply hid , 231 Nor to know ...
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Page v - And hate for arts that caused himself to rise; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike; Alike...
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| Title | The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser: With the Life of the Author and the Critical Remarks of Hughes, Spence, Warton, Upton, and Hurd, 9. köide The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser: With the Life of the Author and the Critical Remarks of Hughes, Spence, Warton, Upton, and Hurd, Edmund Spenser 15–23. köide of The Poets of Great Britain |
| Author | Edmund Spenser |
| Publisher | Cadell and Davies ... and Samuel Bagster, 1807 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 22 mai 2007 |
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