Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions of English Authors, from Earliest to the Present Time : Connected by a Critical and Biographical HistoryRobert Chambers Gould, Kendall and Lincoln, 1850 - English literature |
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... wind restrain , Or holden a snake by the tail ? Who may a slipper eel constrain That it will void withouten fail ? Or who can driven so a nail To make sure newfangleness , 19 Save women , that can giel3 their sail To row their boat with ...
... wind restrain , Or holden a snake by the tail ? Who may a slipper eel constrain That it will void withouten fail ? Or who can driven so a nail To make sure newfangleness , 19 Save women , that can giel3 their sail To row their boat with ...
Page 39
... wind and weit . 10 Her hat should be of fair having , And her tippet of truth ; Her patelet of good pansing , 11 Her hals - ribbon of ruth.12 Her sleeves should be of esperance , To keep her fra despair : Her glovis of good governance ...
... wind and weit . 10 Her hat should be of fair having , And her tippet of truth ; Her patelet of good pansing , 11 Her hals - ribbon of ruth.12 Her sleeves should be of esperance , To keep her fra despair : Her glovis of good governance ...
Page 48
... wind in the north , or else northerly east , To the hop is as ill as a fay in a feast . Meet plot for a hop - yard once found as is told , Make thereof account , as of jewel of gold ; Now dig it , and leave it , the sun for to burn ...
... wind in the north , or else northerly east , To the hop is as ill as a fay in a feast . Meet plot for a hop - yard once found as is told , Make thereof account , as of jewel of gold ; Now dig it , and leave it , the sun for to burn ...
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... Wind . ] Though winds do rage , as winds were wood , 1 And cause spring - tides to raise great flood ; And lofty ships leave anchor in mud , Bereaving many of life and of blood ; Yet , true it is , as cow chews cud , And trees , at ...
... Wind . ] Though winds do rage , as winds were wood , 1 And cause spring - tides to raise great flood ; And lofty ships leave anchor in mud , Bereaving many of life and of blood ; Yet , true it is , as cow chews cud , And trees , at ...
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... wind . The muscles are best exercised with holding of the breath in a long time , so that he which doth exercise hath well digested his meat , and is not troubled with much wind in his body . Finally , loud reading , counterfeit battle ...
... wind . The muscles are best exercised with holding of the breath in a long time , so that he which doth exercise hath well digested his meat , and is not troubled with much wind in his body . Finally , loud reading , counterfeit battle ...
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