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Page xii
... doth not obey an old decree ' ; ' —all complexions ' Do meet as at a fair in her fair cheek . ' ' Your wit makes wise things foolish : when we greet , ' With eyes best seeing , heaven's fiery eye , ' By light we lose light : your ...
... doth not obey an old decree ' ; ' —all complexions ' Do meet as at a fair in her fair cheek . ' ' Your wit makes wise things foolish : when we greet , ' With eyes best seeing , heaven's fiery eye , ' By light we lose light : your ...
Page xviii
... doth the last of December . This germ is quickened into full bloom by overhearing that Beatrice is in love with him , and his thoughts that follow the discovery are mainly , not of himself , but of her . Under the influence of love we ...
... doth the last of December . This germ is quickened into full bloom by overhearing that Beatrice is in love with him , and his thoughts that follow the discovery are mainly , not of himself , but of her . Under the influence of love we ...
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... doth not know , Sweare me to this , and I will nere fay no . 75 Ferd . These be the stops that hinder studie quite , And traine our intellects to vaine delight . Ber . Why ? all delights are vaine , and that most vaine Which with paine ...
... doth not know , Sweare me to this , and I will nere fay no . 75 Ferd . These be the stops that hinder studie quite , And traine our intellects to vaine delight . Ber . Why ? all delights are vaine , and that most vaine Which with paine ...
Page 19
... Doth falfely blinde the eye - fight of his looke : Light feeeking light , doth light of light beguile : So ere you finde where light in darkenesse lies , Your light growes darke by lofing of your eyes . Studie me how to please the eye ...
... Doth falfely blinde the eye - fight of his looke : Light feeeking light , doth light of light beguile : So ere you finde where light in darkenesse lies , Your light growes darke by lofing of your eyes . Studie me how to please the eye ...
Page 27
... doth study to haue what it would , It doth forget to doe the thing it should : And when it hath the thing it hunteth most , ' Tis won as townes with fire , so won , fo loft . Fer . We muft of force difpence with this Decree , She must ...
... doth study to haue what it would , It doth forget to doe the thing it should : And when it hath the thing it hunteth most , ' Tis won as townes with fire , so won , fo loft . Fer . We muft of force difpence with this Decree , She must ...
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Page 62 - That it should come to this! But two months dead: nay, not so much, not two: So excellent a king; that was, to this, Hyperion to a satyr; so loving to my mother That he might not beteem the winds of heaven Visit her face too roughly.
Page 28 - My good Child, know this, that thou art not able to do these things of thyself, nor to walk in the Commandments of God, and to serve him, without his special grace ; which thou must learn at all times to call for by diligent prayer.
Page 184 - HIGH on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind, Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold...
Page 184 - You meaner beauties of the night, That poorly satisfy our eyes More by your number than your light ; You common people of the skies ; What are you when the moon shall rise?
Page 204 - At her feet he bowed he fell, he lay down at her feet he bowed, he fell where he bowed, there he fell down dead...
Page 326 - From women's eyes this doctrine I derive: They sparkle still the right Promethean fire ; They are the books, the arts, the academes, That show, contain, and nourish all the world...
Page 21 - Then the Priest shall take the Child into his hands, and shall say to the godfathers and godmothers, Name this child.
Page 232 - A quibble is the golden apple for which he will always turn aside from his career or stoop from his elevation. A quibble, poor and barren as it is, gave him such delight that he was content to purchase it by the sacrifice of reason, propriety, and truth. A quibble was to him the fatal Cleopatra for which he lost the world, and was content to lose it.