A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John Mandeville to William Cowper : Consisting of Biographical Sketches of the Authors, Selections from Their Works, with Notes, Explanatory, Illustrative, and Directing to the Best Editions and to Various Criticisms : Designed as a Text-book for the Higher Classes in Schools and for Junior Classes in Colleges, as Well as for Private Reading |
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Page 62
... ground , with sleeves tied on the helm , 8 On foaming horse with swords and friendly hearts ; With chere , as though one should another whelm , Where we have fought , and chased oft with darts . The secret groves , which oft we made ...
... ground , with sleeves tied on the helm , 8 On foaming horse with swords and friendly hearts ; With chere , as though one should another whelm , Where we have fought , and chased oft with darts . The secret groves , which oft we made ...
Page 64
... ground , the quiet mind : The equal friend , no grudge , no strife ; No charge of rule , nor governance ; Without disease , the healthful life ; The household of continuance : 8 The mean diet , no delicate fare ; True wisdom join'd with ...
... ground , the quiet mind : The equal friend , no grudge , no strife ; No charge of rule , nor governance ; Without disease , the healthful life ; The household of continuance : 8 The mean diet , no delicate fare ; True wisdom join'd with ...
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... grounds of wisdom , which , notwithstanding , lie dark before the imaginative and judging power , if they be not illuminated and figured forth by the speaking picture of poesy . Tully taketh much pains , and many times not without ...
... grounds of wisdom , which , notwithstanding , lie dark before the imaginative and judging power , if they be not illuminated and figured forth by the speaking picture of poesy . Tully taketh much pains , and many times not without ...
Page 93
... ground . THOMSON . EDMUND SPENSER , ' the illustrious author of the " Faerie Queene , " was born in London , 1553 ... grounds . Here he was visited by Sir Walter Raleigh , whom he styles " the Shepherd of the Ocean , " with whom he had ...
... ground . THOMSON . EDMUND SPENSER , ' the illustrious author of the " Faerie Queene , " was born in London , 1553 ... grounds . Here he was visited by Sir Walter Raleigh , whom he styles " the Shepherd of the Ocean , " with whom he had ...
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... grounds and first original causes from whence they have sprung be unknown , as to the greatest part of men they are . Since the time that God did first proclaim the edicts of his law upon the world , heaven and earth have hearkened unto ...
... grounds and first original causes from whence they have sprung be unknown , as to the greatest part of men they are . Since the time that God did first proclaim the edicts of his law upon the world , heaven and earth have hearkened unto ...
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