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... reason too , the longest are scarcely fufcep- tible of abridgment , and their number is not fo confiderable as to require felection . It is to be wished that more of them may be dif- covered , particularly in the class of metrical ...
... reason too , the longest are scarcely fufcep- tible of abridgment , and their number is not fo confiderable as to require felection . It is to be wished that more of them may be dif- covered , particularly in the class of metrical ...
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... reason is away , So I began to ftare and gaze ; And suddenly , without delay , Ere ever I had the wit to look , I swallow'd up both bait and hook . Which daily grieves me more and more , By fundry forts of careful woe , And none alive ...
... reason is away , So I began to ftare and gaze ; And suddenly , without delay , Ere ever I had the wit to look , I swallow'd up both bait and hook . Which daily grieves me more and more , By fundry forts of careful woe , And none alive ...
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... reason , The birds fing , " now use the season , " This fmall wind , which so sweet is , See how it the leaves doth kiss ; And , if dumb things be fo witty , Shall a heavenly grace want pity ? " There , his hands , in their speech ...
... reason , The birds fing , " now use the season , " This fmall wind , which so sweet is , See how it the leaves doth kiss ; And , if dumb things be fo witty , Shall a heavenly grace want pity ? " There , his hands , in their speech ...
Page 85
... Thy gowns , thy fhoes , thy beds of rofes , Thy cup , thy kirtle , and thy pofies , Soon break , foon wither , foon forgotten , In folly ripe , in reason rotten . Thy belt of ftraw , and ivy buds , Thy SIR WALTER RALEIGH . 85.
... Thy gowns , thy fhoes , thy beds of rofes , Thy cup , thy kirtle , and thy pofies , Soon break , foon wither , foon forgotten , In folly ripe , in reason rotten . Thy belt of ftraw , and ivy buds , Thy SIR WALTER RALEIGH . 85.
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... reason too . Who could doat on thing so common , As mere outward - handfome woman ? Thofe half - beauties only win Fools to let affection in . Vulgar wits , from reafon fhaken , Are with fuch impostures taken ; And , with all their art ...
... reason too . Who could doat on thing so common , As mere outward - handfome woman ? Thofe half - beauties only win Fools to let affection in . Vulgar wits , from reafon fhaken , Are with fuch impostures taken ; And , with all their art ...
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