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... seemed to have been bared and blackened in the very wrath of nature . Like all men of rank , he had temptations to contend with , that severely try man . Fortune , flattering companionship , and foreign life , were his natural perils ...
... seemed to have been bared and blackened in the very wrath of nature . Like all men of rank , he had temptations to contend with , that severely try man . Fortune , flattering companionship , and foreign life , were his natural perils ...
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... seemed me , And who they weren , and of what degree ; And eke in what array they all were in , And at a Knight then will I first begin . A KNIGHT there was , and that a worthy man That from the time that he at first began To riden out ...
... seemed me , And who they weren , and of what degree ; And eke in what array they all were in , And at a Knight then will I first begin . A KNIGHT there was , and that a worthy man That from the time that he at first began To riden out ...
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... seemed to throw From flaming mouth bright sparkles , fiery red , That sudden horror to faint hearts did show ; And scaly tail was stretched down his back full low . Upon the top of all his lofty crest , A C 2 Spencer . 19 Description of ...
... seemed to throw From flaming mouth bright sparkles , fiery red , That sudden horror to faint hearts did show ; And scaly tail was stretched down his back full low . Upon the top of all his lofty crest , A C 2 Spencer . 19 Description of ...
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... seemed to dance for jollity ; Like to an almond tree , ymounted high On top of green Selinis , all alone , With blossoms brave bedecked daintily ; Whose tender locks do tremble , every one , At every little breath that under heaven is ...
... seemed to dance for jollity ; Like to an almond tree , ymounted high On top of green Selinis , all alone , With blossoms brave bedecked daintily ; Whose tender locks do tremble , every one , At every little breath that under heaven is ...
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... seemed to know , With slow , but stately pace , kept on his course , While all tongues cried - God save thee , Bolingbroke ! You would have thought the very windows spake , So many greedy looks of young and old Through casements darted ...
... seemed to know , With slow , but stately pace , kept on his course , While all tongues cried - God save thee , Bolingbroke ! You would have thought the very windows spake , So many greedy looks of young and old Through casements darted ...
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