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... fear'd they force that fortilage to win , But Wisdom's power , and Temperance's might , By which the mightiest things efforced been : And eke the gate was wrought of substance light , Rather for pleasure than for battery or fight . It ...
... fear'd they force that fortilage to win , But Wisdom's power , and Temperance's might , By which the mightiest things efforced been : And eke the gate was wrought of substance light , Rather for pleasure than for battery or fight . It ...
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... fear , His greatness weigh'd , his will is not his own ; For he himself is subject to his birth : He may not , as unvalued persons do , Carve for himself ; for on his choice depends The 30 WILLIAM SHAKSPEARE . Hamlet, Act i , sc iii.
... fear , His greatness weigh'd , his will is not his own ; For he himself is subject to his birth : He may not , as unvalued persons do , Carve for himself ; for on his choice depends The 30 WILLIAM SHAKSPEARE . Hamlet, Act i , sc iii.
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... Fear it , Ophelia , fear it , my dear sister ; And keep you in the rear of your affection , Out of the shot and danger of desire . The chariest maid is prodigal enough , If she unmask her beauty to the moon : Virtue itself scapes not ...
... Fear it , Ophelia , fear it , my dear sister ; And keep you in the rear of your affection , Out of the shot and danger of desire . The chariest maid is prodigal enough , If she unmask her beauty to the moon : Virtue itself scapes not ...
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... fears . What lull'd thee , then , asleep ? Sweet sleep , which likes me best . Tell me where is thy dwelling - place ? In gentle hearts I rest . What thing doth please thee most ? To gaze on beauty still . What dost thou think to be thy ...
... fears . What lull'd thee , then , asleep ? Sweet sleep , which likes me best . Tell me where is thy dwelling - place ? In gentle hearts I rest . What thing doth please thee most ? To gaze on beauty still . What dost thou think to be thy ...
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... fear : However , so it is , the now sad king , Toss'd here and there his quiet to confound , Feels a strange weight of sorrows gathering Upon his trembling heart , and sees no ground ; Feels sudden terror bring cold shivering ; Lists ...
... fear : However , so it is , the now sad king , Toss'd here and there his quiet to confound , Feels a strange weight of sorrows gathering Upon his trembling heart , and sees no ground ; Feels sudden terror bring cold shivering ; Lists ...
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