Animal Conventions in English Renaissance Non-religious Prose, 1550-1600 |
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A maid is set where he haunteth , and shee openeth hir lap , to whome the Vnicorne ... yeeldeth his head , and leaueth al his fiercenes , and resting himselfe vnder her protection , sleepeth vntill he is taken and slain .
A maid is set where he haunteth , and shee openeth hir lap , to whome the Vnicorne ... yeeldeth his head , and leaueth al his fiercenes , and resting himselfe vnder her protection , sleepeth vntill he is taken and slain .
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Then quickly shall he become a dull ass , to understand either learning or honesty ; and yet shall he be as subtle as a fox in breeding of mischief , in bringing in misorder , with a busy head , a discoursing tongue , and a factious ...
Then quickly shall he become a dull ass , to understand either learning or honesty ; and yet shall he be as subtle as a fox in breeding of mischief , in bringing in misorder , with a busy head , a discoursing tongue , and a factious ...
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... which finely wrapping themselves one within the other , their heads came together to the cheekes and bosses of the ... ouer his head the picture of Margarita with this mot , Sola haec.451 The unicorns of this passage symbolize in ...
... which finely wrapping themselves one within the other , their heads came together to the cheekes and bosses of the ... ouer his head the picture of Margarita with this mot , Sola haec.451 The unicorns of this passage symbolize in ...
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