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... lords for- swear " Taffeta phrases , silken terms precise , Three - piled hyperboles , spruce affectation , Figures pedantical ; " and determine to woo henceforth " In russet yeas and honest kersey noes . " Sidney's " Sonnets " ( 1591 ) ...
... lords for- swear " Taffeta phrases , silken terms precise , Three - piled hyperboles , spruce affectation , Figures pedantical ; " and determine to woo henceforth " In russet yeas and honest kersey noes . " Sidney's " Sonnets " ( 1591 ) ...
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... rewarded . Butler's " Hudibras " was entirely in the interest of the king and his party , and when the first three cantos ap- * Quoted by Beljame . peared , at the end of 1662 , Lord Buckhurst English Literature . 4I.
... rewarded . Butler's " Hudibras " was entirely in the interest of the king and his party , and when the first three cantos ap- * Quoted by Beljame . peared , at the end of 1662 , Lord Buckhurst English Literature . 4I.
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Thomas Sergeant Perry. peared , at the end of 1662 , Lord Buckhurst made it known to the court , and every one was laughing over the story of the Presbyterian justice who endeavored to put down superstition and correct current abuses ...
Thomas Sergeant Perry. peared , at the end of 1662 , Lord Buckhurst made it known to the court , and every one was laughing over the story of the Presbyterian justice who endeavored to put down superstition and correct current abuses ...
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... lords , " and commit various agrarian outrages . " I say that sooner some of them Shall scale the walls which lead us up to heaven Than corn - fed beasts , whose belly is their God Although they preach of more perfection . " The priests ...
... lords , " and commit various agrarian outrages . " I say that sooner some of them Shall scale the walls which lead us up to heaven Than corn - fed beasts , whose belly is their God Although they preach of more perfection . " The priests ...
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... lord , " Merchant of Venice , " I. i . 79 ( 1596-7 ) . He attacks Marlowe , and , in fact , most of his contem- poraries : " Too popular is tragic poesie , Straining his tiptoes for a farthing fee , And doth , beside , on rimeless ...
... lord , " Merchant of Venice , " I. i . 79 ( 1596-7 ) . He attacks Marlowe , and , in fact , most of his contem- poraries : " Too popular is tragic poesie , Straining his tiptoes for a farthing fee , And doth , beside , on rimeless ...
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