Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions of English Authors, from the Earliest to the Present Time, Connected by a Critical and Biographical History ...Robert Chambers Gould, Kendall and Lincoln, 1871 |
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... doth exercise the one and the other ; if the one be stronger , then is [ it ] to the weaker a more violent exercise . All these kinds of exercises and other like them do augment strength , and therefore they serve only for young men ...
... doth exercise the one and the other ; if the one be stronger , then is [ it ] to the weaker a more violent exercise . All these kinds of exercises and other like them do augment strength , and therefore they serve only for young men ...
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... doth the father of such one commonly say ? This boy is fit for nothing else , but to set to learning and make a priest of , as who would say , the outcasts of the world , having neither countenance , tongue , nor wit ( for of a perverse ...
... doth the father of such one commonly say ? This boy is fit for nothing else , but to set to learning and make a priest of , as who would say , the outcasts of the world , having neither countenance , tongue , nor wit ( for of a perverse ...
Page 79
... doth in many places very trimly ; and Homer everywhere , and that always most excellently ; which observation is chiefly to be marked in him . And our Chaucer doth the same , very praiseworthily : mark him well , and confer him with any ...
... doth in many places very trimly ; and Homer everywhere , and that always most excellently ; which observation is chiefly to be marked in him . And our Chaucer doth the same , very praiseworthily : mark him well , and confer him with any ...
Page 81
... doth cover it : Thereafter never to enjoy again The gladsome light , but , in the ground ylain , In depth of darkness waste and wear to nought , As he had ne'er into the world been brought : But who had seen him sobbing how he stood ...
... doth cover it : Thereafter never to enjoy again The gladsome light , but , in the ground ylain , In depth of darkness waste and wear to nought , As he had ne'er into the world been brought : But who had seen him sobbing how he stood ...
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... doth say the heart of stone . Why thus , my love , so kind bespeak Sweet eye , sweet lip , sweet blushing cheek- Yet not a heart to save my pain ; Oh Venus , take thy gifts again ! Make not so fair to cause our moan , Or make a heart ...
... doth say the heart of stone . Why thus , my love , so kind bespeak Sweet eye , sweet lip , sweet blushing cheek- Yet not a heart to save my pain ; Oh Venus , take thy gifts again ! Make not so fair to cause our moan , Or make a heart ...
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