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... , as men saithe , Cometh al this new corne fro yere to yere , And out of old bookes , in good faithe , Cometh al this new science that men lere . Ibid . Line 22 . Canterbury Tales continued . ] Nature , the vicar of 4 Chaucer .
... , as men saithe , Cometh al this new corne fro yere to yere , And out of old bookes , in good faithe , Cometh al this new science that men lere . Ibid . Line 22 . Canterbury Tales continued . ] Nature , the vicar of 4 Chaucer .
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John Bartlett. Canterbury Tales continued . ] Nature , the vicar of the almightie Lord . Ibid . Line 379 . Of all the floures in the mede , Than love I most these floures white and rede , Soch that men callen daisies in our toun . The ...
John Bartlett. Canterbury Tales continued . ] Nature , the vicar of the almightie Lord . Ibid . Line 379 . Of all the floures in the mede , Than love I most these floures white and rede , Soch that men callen daisies in our toun . The ...
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... Nature , To raine in th ' aire from earth to highest skie , To feed on flowres and weeds of glorious feature . The Fate of the Butterfly . Line 209 . 1 The dew of thy birth is of the womb of the morn- ing . Psalm cx . 3 . I was promised ...
... Nature , To raine in th ' aire from earth to highest skie , To feed on flowres and weeds of glorious feature . The Fate of the Butterfly . Line 209 . 1 The dew of thy birth is of the womb of the morn- ing . Psalm cx . 3 . I was promised ...
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... Nature never lends The smallest scruple of her excellence , But , like a thrifty goddess , she determines Herself the glory of a creditor — Both thanks and use . Act i . Sc . I. He was ever precise in promise - keeping . Act i . Sc . 2 ...
... Nature never lends The smallest scruple of her excellence , But , like a thrifty goddess , she determines Herself the glory of a creditor — Both thanks and use . Act i . Sc . I. He was ever precise in promise - keeping . Act i . Sc . 2 ...
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... Nature hath fram'd strange fellows in her time . Act i . Sc . I. Though Nestor swear the jest be laughable . Act i . Sc . 1 . You have too much respect upon the world : They lose it , that do buy it with much care . Act i . Sc . 1 . I ...
... Nature hath fram'd strange fellows in her time . Act i . Sc . I. Though Nestor swear the jest be laughable . Act i . Sc . 1 . You have too much respect upon the world : They lose it , that do buy it with much care . Act i . Sc . 1 . 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