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... desire . He is such a grim sire , And such a potestolate , 1o And such a potestate , That he wold brake the brain's Of Lucifer in his chains , And rule them each one In Lucifer's trone . " Fiery dragon . -Engine of torture . 10 ...
... desire . He is such a grim sire , And such a potestolate , 1o And such a potestate , That he wold brake the brain's Of Lucifer in his chains , And rule them each one In Lucifer's trone . " Fiery dragon . -Engine of torture . 10 ...
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... desire ; But frets within so far forth with the fire Of wreaking flames , that now determines she To die by death , or veng'd by death to be . When fell Revenge , with bloody foul pretence , Had shewed herself , as next in order set ...
... desire ; But frets within so far forth with the fire Of wreaking flames , that now determines she To die by death , or veng'd by death to be . When fell Revenge , with bloody foul pretence , Had shewed herself , as next in order set ...
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... desire rather commendation of wit , in being able to hold all arguments , than of judgment , in discerning what is true ; as if it were a praise to know what might be said , and not what should be thought . Some have certain common ...
... desire rather commendation of wit , in being able to hold all arguments , than of judgment , in discerning what is true ; as if it were a praise to know what might be said , and not what should be thought . Some have certain common ...
Page 97
... desires . But we see how much more durable the monuments of genius and learning are than those of the hand . The verses of Homer have continued above five and twenty hundred years without loss , in which time numberless palaces ...
... desires . But we see how much more durable the monuments of genius and learning are than those of the hand . The verses of Homer have continued above five and twenty hundred years without loss , in which time numberless palaces ...
Page 100
... desire to follow his book , or secret offence taken against some person or matter among which perchance the king's new intended marriage , or the like , might be accounted- occasioned this strange counsel ; though , yet , I find no ...
... desire to follow his book , or secret offence taken against some person or matter among which perchance the king's new intended marriage , or the like , might be accounted- occasioned this strange counsel ; though , yet , I find no ...
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