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Page 267
... side of which was a church Bible , on the other the Book of Martyrs ; on the tables were hawks ' hoods , bells , and such like , two or three old green hats with their crowns thrust in so as to hold ten or a dozen eggs , which were of a ...
... side of which was a church Bible , on the other the Book of Martyrs ; on the tables were hawks ' hoods , bells , and such like , two or three old green hats with their crowns thrust in so as to hold ten or a dozen eggs , which were of a ...
Page 329
... side of the bank also ; and , behold , the tree had a great open place , in the side of it close to the ground , as old hollow trees often have ; and looking into the open place , to my inexpressible joy , there lay my money and my ...
... side of the bank also ; and , behold , the tree had a great open place , in the side of it close to the ground , as old hollow trees often have ; and looking into the open place , to my inexpressible joy , there lay my money and my ...
Page 691
... side by side - in some , so narrow ( the shrubs are for ever encroaching ) that you ought , if you can , to go on the first , and hold back the bough of the rose tree . And through the sweet wilderness a loud rushing stream . flows ...
... side by side - in some , so narrow ( the shrubs are for ever encroaching ) that you ought , if you can , to go on the first , and hold back the bough of the rose tree . And through the sweet wilderness a loud rushing stream . flows ...
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Aesop agen beautiful better boat called Captain Church Crito Ctesippus dear death delight earth enemy England English eyes face fair Falstaff father feel flowers FRANCIS VERE Froissart's Chronicles garden gentleman give ground Guenever hand hath haue head hear heard heart heaven honour Jocelin John King knew knyght kyng labour Lady learned light live look Lord Lothair Makbeth master Messrs mind moche morning nature never night noble passed Pembroke College person Plato pleasure praye Prince Redgauntlet Robert of Scotland sayd sche seemed ship side sight silence sonne soul spirit stood sweet talk tell Temse thanne thee therfore things thou thought tion told took town trees turned uncle Toby unto vnto voice walked whan whole wind woman word wyll young