Thirde booke of the Faerie Queene, canto I-VIIIF. C. & J. Rivington, 1805 - English poetry |
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... Arthur , Ch . xx . “ Duke Richarde of Normandye was taken there , which was one of the Douse Peres of Fraunce , and a ryghte noble and a worthy Knyght , preu and hardy , " Again , fol . xlvii . " He is prue and valyaunte . " TODD ...
... Arthur , Ch . xx . “ Duke Richarde of Normandye was taken there , which was one of the Douse Peres of Fraunce , and a ryghte noble and a worthy Knyght , preu and hardy , " Again , fol . xlvii . " He is prue and valyaunte . " TODD ...
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Edmund Spenser Henry John Todd. Prince Arthur , flowre of grace and nobileffe , That hath to Paynim Knights wrought gret diftreffe , And thousand Sarʼzins fowly donne to dye . ” That word fo deepe did in their harts im- preffe , That ...
Edmund Spenser Henry John Todd. Prince Arthur , flowre of grace and nobileffe , That hath to Paynim Knights wrought gret diftreffe , And thousand Sarʼzins fowly donne to dye . ” That word fo deepe did in their harts im- preffe , That ...
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... Arthur's fword . Heroes of old had their arms made by enchantment and fupernatural power : The arms of Achilles and of Eneas were made by Vulcan . But , as our poet mentions the fword in particular , I would ob ferve that the fword of ...
... Arthur's fword . Heroes of old had their arms made by enchantment and fupernatural power : The arms of Achilles and of Eneas were made by Vulcan . But , as our poet mentions the fword in particular , I would ob ferve that the fword of ...
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... Arthur , which gives a long and ridiculous ac- count of his fword , Excalibur , that is , cut fteel ; or even of Jeffrey of Monmouth , who fays , his fword's name was Caliburn , L. ix . C. iv . Compare Drayton's Polyolbion , p . 61 ...
... Arthur , which gives a long and ridiculous ac- count of his fword , Excalibur , that is , cut fteel ; or even of Jeffrey of Monmouth , who fays , his fword's name was Caliburn , L. ix . C. iv . Compare Drayton's Polyolbion , p . 61 ...
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... Arthur twixt his foemen twaine , That neither could his mightie puiffaunce fuf- taine . XLIII . But ever at Pyrochles when he fmitt , ( Who Guyons fhield cast ever him before , Whereon the Faery Queenes pourtract was writt , ) XLII . 1 ...
... Arthur twixt his foemen twaine , That neither could his mightie puiffaunce fuf- taine . XLIII . But ever at Pyrochles when he fmitt , ( Who Guyons fhield cast ever him before , Whereon the Faery Queenes pourtract was writt , ) XLII . 1 ...
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againſt alfo alſo Bevis of Hampton Britomart Briton canto Chaucer CHURCH Corineus cruell defcribed doth edition of 1751 edition reads expreffion F. Q. iii Faerie Queene faft faid faire faire Ladies fame fayd fayre fays fecond edition fecret feemd feems fenfe fhall fhield fhould fight firft firſt firſt edition flain Florimell flowre folios fome fonne foone ftanza ftill ftraunge ftrong fuch fweet fword goodly Gorlois Guyon hart hath herfelfe hiftory hight himſelfe JORTIN king Knight Ladies laft laſt likewife Milton moft moſt mote muſt nought obferved Ovid paffage pleaſure poet poet's powre Prince reft read ſhall ſhe Spenfer Spenfer's own editions ſtate Taffo thee thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou TODD ufes unto UPTON uſed Uther Pendragon viii Virg Virgil WARTON weene whofe Whoſe wight wize word wyde XLIX XVIII XXIII XXXVII
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Page 223 - Right hard it was for wight which did it heare, To read what manner musicke that mote bee ; For all that pleasing is to living eare Was there consorted in one harmonee ; Birdes, voices, instruments, windes, waters, all agree : The joyous birdes, shrouded in chearefull shade Their notes unto the voice attempred sweet ; Th...
Page 218 - Out of this fountaine, sweet and faire to see, The which into an ample laver fell, And shortly grew to so great quantitie, That like a litle lake it seemd to bee; Whose depth exceeded not three cubits hight, That through the waves one might the bottom see, All pav'd beneath with jaspar shining bright, That seemd the fountaine in that sea did sayle upright. And all the margent round about was sett With shady laurell trees, thence to defend The sunny beames, which on the billowes bett, And those which...
Page 445 - Her Berth was of the wombe of morning dew, And her conception of the ioyous prime ; And all her whole creation did her shew Pure and unspotted from all loathly crime That is ingenerate in fleshly slime.