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Page 41
... beauty with humble port , Bounty , richess , and womanly feature : ( God better wote than my pen can report ) Wisdom largèss , estate and cunning sure , In a word in deed , in shape and countenance , That nature might no more her childe ...
... beauty with humble port , Bounty , richess , and womanly feature : ( God better wote than my pen can report ) Wisdom largèss , estate and cunning sure , In a word in deed , in shape and countenance , That nature might no more her childe ...
Page 73
... beauty seemeth best ; They hark and mark who marketh most their grace ; They stay their steps , and stalk a stately pace ; They jealous are of every sight they see ; They strive to seem , but never care to be . * * * What grudge and ...
... beauty seemeth best ; They hark and mark who marketh most their grace ; They stay their steps , and stalk a stately pace ; They jealous are of every sight they see ; They strive to seem , but never care to be . * * * What grudge and ...
Page 82
... Beauty that it blasteth ; Tell Favor that she falters : And as they do reply , Give every one the lie . Tell Wit how much it wrangles In fickle points of niceness ; Tell Wisdom she entangles Herself in over - wiseness : And if they do ...
... Beauty that it blasteth ; Tell Favor that she falters : And as they do reply , Give every one the lie . Tell Wit how much it wrangles In fickle points of niceness ; Tell Wisdom she entangles Herself in over - wiseness : And if they do ...
Page 98
... strength , wealth , patience , meekness , hospitality , beauty , temperance , gentry , knowledge , wit , science , art , learning , our excellent gifts and fortunes , for which ( Narcissus 98 CHAP . V. ROBERT BURTON .
... strength , wealth , patience , meekness , hospitality , beauty , temperance , gentry , knowledge , wit , science , art , learning , our excellent gifts and fortunes , for which ( Narcissus 98 CHAP . V. ROBERT BURTON .
Page 111
... beauty from his cheek , And he will look as hollow as a ghost ; As dim and meagre as an ague's fit ; And so he'll die ; and , rising so again , When I shall meet him in the court of heaven I shall not know him : therefore never , never ...
... beauty from his cheek , And he will look as hollow as a ghost ; As dim and meagre as an ague's fit ; And so he'll die ; and , rising so again , When I shall meet him in the court of heaven I shall not know him : therefore never , never ...
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ancholy arms beauty behold blessed blood Bo-bo breast breath Charlemagne Christian clouds Colma cried dark dead dear death deep delight doth dread dream Dryden earth English eternal eyes fair father fear feel fire give glory grace grave hand happy hast hath head hear heard heart heaven helmet of Navarre Henry of Navarre hill holy honor hope human Ivanhoe John Anderson John Gilpin king labor Lady Teaz land light live look Lord lyre Manual Mayenne mighty mind moon Morar nature ne'er never night noble o'er pain passion peace pleasure poets Pope praise prayer pride rest Sejanus sigh Sir Patrick Spens Sir Pet sleep smile song soul sound spirit sweet tears tell thee thine things thou thought tion truth Twas virtue voice weary wild wind younkers