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... Fortune by Land and Sea . By T. Heywood and W. Rowley 427 Tancred and Gismund .. 431 The Two Angry Women of Abingdon . By Henry Porter 432 The Virgin Widow . By Francis Quarles • The Fair Maid of the Exchange . By Thomas Heywood Adrasta ...
... Fortune by Land and Sea . By T. Heywood and W. Rowley 427 Tancred and Gismund .. 431 The Two Angry Women of Abingdon . By Henry Porter 432 The Virgin Widow . By Francis Quarles • The Fair Maid of the Exchange . By Thomas Heywood Adrasta ...
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... fortune thus deferr'd my breath , That I should live to see this doleful day ? Will ever wight believe that such hard heart Could rest within the cruel mother's breast , With her own hand to slay her only son ? But out , alas ! these ...
... fortune thus deferr'd my breath , That I should live to see this doleful day ? Will ever wight believe that such hard heart Could rest within the cruel mother's breast , With her own hand to slay her only son ? But out , alas ! these ...
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... fortune in by land and sea , And thus are we on every side enrich'd . These are the blessings promised to the Jews , And herein was old Abram's happiness . What more may Heaven do for earthly man , Than thus to pour out plenty in their ...
... fortune in by land and sea , And thus are we on every side enrich'd . These are the blessings promised to the Jews , And herein was old Abram's happiness . What more may Heaven do for earthly man , Than thus to pour out plenty in their ...
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... fortune may exhort the wise Only to wonder at unlawful things : Whose deepness doth entice such forward wits To practise more than heavenly power permits . [ The growing horrors of Faustus are awfully marked by the hours and half ...
... fortune may exhort the wise Only to wonder at unlawful things : Whose deepness doth entice such forward wits To practise more than heavenly power permits . [ The growing horrors of Faustus are awfully marked by the hours and half ...
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... fortunes , Clare revokes his consent , and plots a marriage for his daughter with the rich heir of Jerningham . Peter Fabel , a good magician , who had been tutor to young Raymond Mounchensey at college , determines by the aid of his ...
... fortunes , Clare revokes his consent , and plots a marriage for his daughter with the rich heir of Jerningham . Peter Fabel , a good magician , who had been tutor to young Raymond Mounchensey at college , determines by the aid of his ...
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