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Paradise Regain'd: A Poem, in Four Books. To which is Added Samson Agonistes ... - Page 241
by John Milton - 1759 - 388 pages
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John Milton and His Times: An Historical Novel

Max Ring - 1868 - 342 pages
...must be shown In courts, at feasts, and high solemnities. Where most may wonder at the workmanship ; It is for homely features to keep home, They had their name thence; coarse complexions, And cheeks of sorry grain, will serve to ply The sampler, and to tease the housewife's...
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Book of Elegant Poetical Extracts

John T. Watson - Quotations - 1869 - 524 pages
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English poems, ed. with life, intr. and selected notes by R.C. Browne, Volume 1

John Milton - 1870 - 436 pages
...be shown 745 In courts, at feasts, and high solemnities, Where most may wonder at the workmanship ; It is for homely features to keep home, They had their name thence; coarse complexions And cheeks of sorry grain will serve to ply 750 The sampler, and to tease the housewife's...
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The complete works of Shakspere, with a memoir, and essay, by ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1870 - 838 pages
...homely wilt.9 Act I., Scene 1. A similar play upon the word "homely" occurs in Viu- Hi's "Coxus:"— " It is for homely features to keep home, They had their name thence." " Wear out thy youth with *hapettt$ Meneu* Act I., Seen* 1. Idleness U said to be "shapeless," as preventing...
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The poetical works of John Milton, ed. with a critical memoir by ..., Issue 322

John Milton - 1871 - 530 pages
...must be shown In courts, at feasts, and high solemnities, Where most may wonder at the workmanship ; It is for homely features to keep home, They had their name thence ; coarse complexions, And cheeks of sorry grain, will serve to ply The sampler, and to tease the housewife's...
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Milton. Comus, Lycidas, L'allegro, Il penseroso, and selected ..., Issue 363

John Milton - 1871 - 92 pages
...be shown 745 In courts, at feasts, and high solemnities, Where most may wonder at the workmanship ; It is for homely features to keep home, They had their name thence ; coarse complexions, And cheeks oi sorry grain, will serve to ply 750 The sampler, and to tease the...
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Milton. Minor Poems

John Milton - 1901 - 180 pages
...be shown 745 In courts, at feasts, -and high solemnities, Where most may wonder at the workmanship. It is for homely features to keep home; They had their name thence : coarse complexions And cheeks of sorry grain will serve to ply 750 The sampler, and to tease the...
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The Lyric and Dramatic Poems of John Milton

John Milton - English poetry - 1901 - 418 pages
...be shown 745 In courts, at feasts, and high solemnities, Where most may wonder at the workmanship. It is for homely features to keep home; They had their name thence: coarse complexions And cheeks of sorry grain will serve to ply 750 The sampler, and to tease the huswife's...
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Familiar Quotations: A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced ...

Quotations - 1903 - 1186 pages
...Budge doctors of the Stoic fur. Line 7O7, And live like Nature's bastards, not her sons. Line 727. It is for homely features to keep home, — They had their name thence ; coarse complexions And cheeks of sorry grain will serve to ply The sampler and to tease the huswife's...
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Paradise Regained, Samson Agonistes, & Other Poems

John Milton - 1903 - 434 pages
...be shown In courts, at feasts, and high solemnities, Where most may wonder at the workmanship. The It is for homely features to keep home ; They had their name thence : coarse complexions And cheeks of sorry grain will serve to ply 750 The sampler, and to tease the...
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