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Page 191
... rest , one wherein was enamelled in gold , the Seven Worthies worth 700 or 800 guilders ) . Among the rest , was that soldier which Sir FRANCIS VERE had sent out to discover ; who came with as much booty as ever he could lug , saying ...
... rest , one wherein was enamelled in gold , the Seven Worthies worth 700 or 800 guilders ) . Among the rest , was that soldier which Sir FRANCIS VERE had sent out to discover ; who came with as much booty as ever he could lug , saying ...
Page 212
... rest , my soul advance , Make my sleep a holy trance That I may , my rest being wrought , Awake into some holy thought . And with as active vigour run My course , as doth the nimble Sun. Sleep is a death , O make me try , By sleeping ...
... rest , my soul advance , Make my sleep a holy trance That I may , my rest being wrought , Awake into some holy thought . And with as active vigour run My course , as doth the nimble Sun. Sleep is a death , O make me try , By sleeping ...
Page 1039
... rest I'll have now , and it ' s time , surely . It's a great rest I'll have now , and great sleeping in the long nights after Samhain , if it ' s only a bit of wet flour we do have to eat , and maybe a fish that would be stinking . 587 ...
... rest I'll have now , and it ' s time , surely . It's a great rest I'll have now , and great sleeping in the long nights after Samhain , if it ' s only a bit of wet flour we do have to eat , and maybe a fish that would be stinking . 587 ...
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Aesop agen beautiful better boat called Captain Church Crito Ctesippus dear death delight earth enemy England English eyes face fair Falstaff father feel flowers FRANCIS VERE Froissart's Chronicles garden gentleman give ground Guenever hand hath haue head hear heard heart heaven honour Jocelin John King knew knyght kyng labour Lady learned light live look Lord Lothair Makbeth master Messrs mind moche morning nature never night noble passed Pembroke College person Plato pleasure praye Prince Redgauntlet Robert of Scotland sayd sche seemed ship side sight silence sonne soul spirit stood sweet talk tell Temse thanne thee therfore things thou thought tion told took town trees turned uncle Toby unto vnto voice walked whan whole wind woman word wyll young