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... head , and leaueth al his fiercenes , and resting himselfe vnder her protection , sleepeth vntill he is taken and slain .... His proper colour is bay . He hath in his head onlie one horne , whereof he taketh his name . It is vertuous ...
... head , and leaueth al his fiercenes , and resting himselfe vnder her protection , sleepeth vntill he is taken and slain .... His proper colour is bay . He hath in his head onlie one horne , whereof he taketh his name . It is vertuous ...
Page 49
... head , a discoursing tongue , and a factious heart , in every private affair , in all matters of state ; with this pretty prop- erty , always glad to commend the worse party , and ever ready to defend the falser opinion.24 ... In an ...
... head , a discoursing tongue , and a factious heart , in every private affair , in all matters of state ; with this pretty prop- erty , always glad to commend the worse party , and ever ready to defend the falser opinion.24 ... In an ...
Page 82
... heads came together to the cheekes and bosses of the bit , where they might seeme to bite at the horse , and the horse ( as he ... head the picture of Margarita with this mot , Sola haec.45 The unicorns of this passage symbolize in the ...
... heads came together to the cheekes and bosses of the bit , where they might seeme to bite at the horse , and the horse ( as he ... head the picture of Margarita with this mot , Sola haec.45 The unicorns of this passage symbolize in the ...
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