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... fear it should get blunted . The Little Gypsy . ( La Gitanilla . ) My heart is wax to be moulded as she pleases , but enduring as marble to retain.1 Ibid . BISHOP STILL ( JOHN ) . 1543-1607 . I cannot eat but little meat , My stomach is ...
... fear it should get blunted . The Little Gypsy . ( La Gitanilla . ) My heart is wax to be moulded as she pleases , but enduring as marble to retain.1 Ibid . BISHOP STILL ( JOHN ) . 1543-1607 . I cannot eat but little meat , My stomach is ...
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... I climb but that I fear to fall . Written on a pane of glass , in Queen Elizabeth's presence.1 1 Her reply was , - If thy heart fail thee , why then climb at all . 1554-1586 . SIR PHILIP SIDNEY . Sweet food of sweetly Raleigh . 13.
... I climb but that I fear to fall . Written on a pane of glass , in Queen Elizabeth's presence.1 1 Her reply was , - If thy heart fail thee , why then climb at all . 1554-1586 . SIR PHILIP SIDNEY . Sweet food of sweetly Raleigh . 13.
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... fear of death . Act iii . Sc . I. Virtue is bold , and goodness never fearful . Take , O , take those lips away , That so sweetly were forsworn ; And those eyes , the break of day , Act iii . Sc . I. Lights that do mislead the morn ...
... fear of death . Act iii . Sc . I. Virtue is bold , and goodness never fearful . Take , O , take those lips away , That so sweetly were forsworn ; And those eyes , the break of day , Act iii . Sc . I. Lights that do mislead the morn ...
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... fear of kings ; But mercy is above this sceptred sway ; It is enthroned in the hearts of kings , It is an attribute to God himself , And earthly power doth then show likest God's , When mercy seasons justice . Therefore , Jew , Though ...
... fear of kings ; But mercy is above this sceptred sway ; It is enthroned in the hearts of kings , It is an attribute to God himself , And earthly power doth then show likest God's , When mercy seasons justice . Therefore , Jew , Though ...
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... fear boys with bugs . And do as adversaries do in law , - Act i . Sc . I. Act i . Sc . 2 . Strive mightily , but eat and drink as friends . Act i . Sc . 2 . And thereby hangs a tale.1 Act iv . Sc . I. My cake is dough . Act v . Sc . I ...
... fear boys with bugs . And do as adversaries do in law , - Act i . Sc . I. Act i . Sc . 2 . Strive mightily , but eat and drink as friends . Act i . Sc . 2 . And thereby hangs a tale.1 Act iv . Sc . I. My cake is dough . Act v . Sc . I ...
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Acti angels Beaumont and Fletcher beauty blessed Book breath Cæsar Canto Canto iii Childe Harold's Pilgrimage dark dead dear death Devil doth dream Dryden Dunciad earth Eccles Eloisa to Abelard Epistle Epitaph Essay eyes Faerie Queene fair fear flower fool give glory grave hand happy hast hath heart heaven Henry honour hope Hudibras Ibid JOHN Julius Cæsar King Lady Letter light Line live Lord man's Matt mind morning nature ne'er never Night numbers o'er Paradise Lost peace pleasure Plutarch Pope Prologue Prov Proverbs Satire Satire vi Shakespeare sigh sleep smile Song Song of Solomon Sonnet sorrow soul Speech spirit Stanza stars sweet tears thee There's thine things THOMAS thought truth unto viii virtue voice weep wind wise woman words young youth