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... thought and work ; He was also a learned man , a Clerk , That Christés gospel truly wouldé preach ; His parishens2 devoutly would he teach ; Benign he was , and wonder diligent , And in adversity full patiént , And such he was yprovéd ...
... thought and work ; He was also a learned man , a Clerk , That Christés gospel truly wouldé preach ; His parishens2 devoutly would he teach ; Benign he was , and wonder diligent , And in adversity full patiént , And such he was yprovéd ...
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... thought to marry his daughters among all those kings that were of that solemnity . And so they spake and did , that Albine , his eldest daughter , and all her sisters , richly were married unto thirty - three kings , that were lords of ...
... thought to marry his daughters among all those kings that were of that solemnity . And so they spake and did , that Albine , his eldest daughter , and all her sisters , richly were married unto thirty - three kings , that were lords of ...
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... thought , to secure its happiness , than any which mankind had hitherto experienced . But while there is much in it that is fanciful and truly Utopian , there is also much that is truly excellent and worthy to be adopted . Thus ...
... thought , to secure its happiness , than any which mankind had hitherto experienced . But while there is much in it that is fanciful and truly Utopian , there is also much that is truly excellent and worthy to be adopted . Thus ...
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... thought of less value than it is ; so that a man of lead , who has no more sense than a log of wood , and is as bad as he is foolish , should have many wise and good men serving him , only because he had a great heap of that metal ...
... thought of less value than it is ; so that a man of lead , who has no more sense than a log of wood , and is as bad as he is foolish , should have many wise and good men serving him , only because he had a great heap of that metal ...
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... thought that I should not lose my labor wholly if now I did something advertise you to take the sure foundations and stablished opinions that leadeth to honesty . And here , I call not Honesty that , men commonly call Ho- nesty , as ...
... thought that I should not lose my labor wholly if now I did something advertise you to take the sure foundations and stablished opinions that leadeth to honesty . And here , I call not Honesty that , men commonly call Ho- nesty , as ...
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admirable beauty Ben Jonson better blessing born breath called character Chaucer Christian church death delight divine doth earth Edinburgh Review England English English language English Poetry excellent eyes Faerie Queene fair fame fancy father fear flowers fortune genius Giles Fletcher give glory grace hand happy hast hath hear heart heaven holy honor hope human John Milton king knowledge labor lady language learning light live look Lord Lycidas Milton mind moral nature never night noble o'er Paradise Lost passion PHINEAS FLETCHER pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope praise prince prose Queen religion remarks rich says shade Shakspeare Sir Patrick Spens song soon soul spirit style sweet taste tears tell thee things Thomas Warton thou thought tion truth unto verse virtue William Davenant words writings