A Hand-book of English Literature, Intended for the Use of High Schools, as Well as a Companion and Guide for Private Students, and for General Readers |
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... thee , done blabbing : Although to give the lie Deserves no less than stabbing ; Yet stab at thee who will , No stab the soul can kill . EDMUND SPENSER . Edmund Spenser , one of the four great names among English poets , was born in ...
... thee , done blabbing : Although to give the lie Deserves no less than stabbing ; Yet stab at thee who will , No stab the soul can kill . EDMUND SPENSER . Edmund Spenser , one of the four great names among English poets , was born in ...
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... thee , think how Bacon shined , The wisest , brightest , meanest of mankind . " A very thorough and interesting summary of his life and works may be read in the Essays of Macaulay . A more favorable view of his character , not wholly ...
... thee , think how Bacon shined , The wisest , brightest , meanest of mankind . " A very thorough and interesting summary of his life and works may be read in the Essays of Macaulay . A more favorable view of his character , not wholly ...
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... thee . XXIX . When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes , I all alone beweep my outcast state , And trouble deaf Heaven with my bootless cries , And look upon myself , and curse my fate , Wishing me like to one more rich in hope ...
... thee . XXIX . When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes , I all alone beweep my outcast state , And trouble deaf Heaven with my bootless cries , And look upon myself , and curse my fate , Wishing me like to one more rich in hope ...
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... thee ; Ruthless bears , they will not cheer thee . King Pandion he is dead ; All thy friends are lapped in lead ; All thy fellow - birds do sing , Careless of thy sorrowing ! Whilst as fickle Fortune smiled , Thou and I were both ...
... thee ; Ruthless bears , they will not cheer thee . King Pandion he is dead ; All thy friends are lapped in lead ; All thy fellow - birds do sing , Careless of thy sorrowing ! Whilst as fickle Fortune smiled , Thou and I were both ...
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... thee . EPITAPH ON ELIZABETH , L. H. WOULD'ST thou hear what man can say In a little ? -reader , stay . Underneath this stone doth lie As much beauty as could die ; Which in life did harbor give To more virtue than doth live . If at all ...
... thee . EPITAPH ON ELIZABETH , L. H. WOULD'ST thou hear what man can say In a little ? -reader , stay . Underneath this stone doth lie As much beauty as could die ; Which in life did harbor give To more virtue than doth live . If at all ...
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