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... looks upon man from a high tower , and sees him trulier at this distance in his infirmities and poorness . He scorns to mix himself in men's actions as he would to act upon a stage ; but sits aloft on the scaffold a censuring spectator ...
... looks upon man from a high tower , and sees him trulier at this distance in his infirmities and poorness . He scorns to mix himself in men's actions as he would to act upon a stage ; but sits aloft on the scaffold a censuring spectator ...
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... Look you , scholar ; thereabout we shall have a bite presently or not at all . Have with you , sir . O ' my word I have hold of him . Oh ! it is a great logger - headed chub ; come , hang him upon that willow twig , and let's be go- ing ...
... Look you , scholar ; thereabout we shall have a bite presently or not at all . Have with you , sir . O ' my word I have hold of him . Oh ! it is a great logger - headed chub ; come , hang him upon that willow twig , and let's be go- ing ...
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... look for day before his mistress wakes . Awake , awake , break through your veils of lawn , Then draw your curtains and begin the dawn . Before 1660 1672 SONG AGAINST WOMAN'S PRIDE 10 WHY dost thou seem to boast , vainglorious sun ? Why ...
... look for day before his mistress wakes . Awake , awake , break through your veils of lawn , Then draw your curtains and begin the dawn . Before 1660 1672 SONG AGAINST WOMAN'S PRIDE 10 WHY dost thou seem to boast , vainglorious sun ? Why ...
Contents
INTRODUCTIONEvert MORDECAI CLARK | lxvi |
William Browne 1591?1643 | 5 |
On the Countess Dowager of Pembroke | 12 |
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