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... stand Upon a weald , " And I there gan to wander Wide over the moors " ; There I saw gripes , And grisly ( wondrous ) fowls ! Then approached a golden lion Over the down ; " A beast most fair , That our Lord made " ; The ( this ) lion ...
... stand Upon a weald , " And I there gan to wander Wide over the moors " ; There I saw gripes , And grisly ( wondrous ) fowls ! Then approached a golden lion Over the down ; " A beast most fair , That our Lord made " ; The ( this ) lion ...
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... stand , or go , eate , drinke , be merie , or sad , be sowyng , plaiyng , dauncing , or doing anie thing els , I must do it , as it were , in soch weight , mesure , and number , even so perfitelie , as God made the world , or else I am ...
... stand , or go , eate , drinke , be merie , or sad , be sowyng , plaiyng , dauncing , or doing anie thing els , I must do it , as it were , in soch weight , mesure , and number , even so perfitelie , as God made the world , or else I am ...
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... stand , Heawying on yche othar , whyll the myght dre , With many a bal - ful brande . This battell begane in Chyviat An owar 46 befor the none , And when even song bell was rang The battell was nat half done . The tooke ' on ' on ethar ...
... stand , Heawying on yche othar , whyll the myght dre , With many a bal - ful brande . This battell begane in Chyviat An owar 46 befor the none , And when even song bell was rang The battell was nat half done . The tooke ' on ' on ethar ...
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... stand : While I have power to weeld my sword , Ile fight with hart and hand . " Our English archers bent their bowes , Their harts were good and trew ; Att the first flight of arrowes sent , Full four - score Scots they slew . ' [ Yet ...
... stand : While I have power to weeld my sword , Ile fight with hart and hand . " Our English archers bent their bowes , Their harts were good and trew ; Att the first flight of arrowes sent , Full four - score Scots they slew . ' [ Yet ...
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... unkindness ; Tell Justice of delay : And if they do reply , Then give them all the lie . Tell Arts they have no soundness , But vary by esteeming ; Tell Schools they lack profoundness , And stand too much 82 CHAP . IV . SIR WALTER RALEIGH .
... unkindness ; Tell Justice of delay : And if they do reply , Then give them all the lie . Tell Arts they have no soundness , But vary by esteeming ; Tell Schools they lack profoundness , And stand too much 82 CHAP . IV . SIR WALTER RALEIGH .
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