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... Honour of Beautie . Line 132 . 8 For all that faire is , is by nature good ; That is a signe to know the gentle blood . To kerke the narre from God more farre , * Has bene an old - sayd sawe ; And he that strives to touche a starre Oft ...
... Honour of Beautie . Line 132 . 8 For all that faire is , is by nature good ; That is a signe to know the gentle blood . To kerke the narre from God more farre , * Has bene an old - sayd sawe ; And he that strives to touche a starre Oft ...
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... honour without deserving , To other some , deserving without honour . 1 See Thomas à Kempis , page 7 . Ibid . Act ii . Sc . 1 . Act v . Sc . 1 2 Who ever loved that loved not at first sight ? - MARLOWE : Hero and Leander . I saw and ...
... honour without deserving , To other some , deserving without honour . 1 See Thomas à Kempis , page 7 . Ibid . Act ii . Sc . 1 . Act v . Sc . 1 2 Who ever loved that loved not at first sight ? - MARLOWE : Hero and Leander . I saw and ...
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... Honour . Act v . Sc . 2 . They're only truly great who are truly good.2 Ibid . Light Keep thy shop , and thy shop will keep thee . gains make heavy purses . " Tis good to be merry and wise.1 Eastward Ho.5 Act i . Sc . 1 . Make ducks and ...
... Honour . Act v . Sc . 2 . They're only truly great who are truly good.2 Ibid . Light Keep thy shop , and thy shop will keep thee . gains make heavy purses . " Tis good to be merry and wise.1 Eastward Ho.5 Act i . Sc . 1 . Make ducks and ...
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... honour , sudden and quick in quarrel , Seeking the bubble reputation Even in the cannon's mouth . And then the justice , In fair round belly with good capon lined , With eyes severe and beard of formal cut , Full of wise saws and modern ...
... honour , sudden and quick in quarrel , Seeking the bubble reputation Even in the cannon's mouth . And then the justice , In fair round belly with good capon lined , With eyes severe and beard of formal cut , Full of wise saws and modern ...
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... honour doth forget men's names . For he is but a bastard to the time That doth not smack of observation . Sweet , sweet , sweet poison for the age's tooth . For courage mounteth with occasion . I would that I were low laid in my grave ...
... honour doth forget men's names . For he is but a bastard to the time That doth not smack of observation . Sweet , sweet , sweet poison for the age's tooth . For courage mounteth with occasion . I would that I were low laid in my grave ...
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Anatomy of Melancholy angels BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER beauty better blessed Book breath Cæsar Canto Chap Chaucer Childe Harold's Pilgrimage dark dead dear death Devil DIOGENES LAERTIUS divine Don Quixote doth dream Dryden earth Epistle eyes Fable fair fear flower fool Frag give glory grave hand happy hast hath heart heaven Henry Heywood honour hope Hudibras Ibia Ibid Ibid Ibid JOHN Julius Cæsar King Lady light Line live look Lord man's Maxim melancholy mind morning Nature ne'er never night numbers o'er pleasure PLUTARCH Pope proverb Publius Syrus Richard III rose Sect Shakespeare sing sleep smile song Sonnet sorrow soul Speech spirit Stanza stars sweet tale tears thee Themistocles There's thine things THOMAS HEYWOOD thou art thought tongue truth unto viii virtue wind wise woman words young youth