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A mark , the which ( unperfected for time , ) Some may approach , but never none
shall hit . A tongue that served in foreign realms his king ; Whose courteous talk
to virtue did inflame Each noble heart ; a worthy guide to bring Our English youth
...
A mark , the which ( unperfected for time , ) Some may approach , but never none
shall hit . A tongue that served in foreign realms his king ; Whose courteous talk
to virtue did inflame Each noble heart ; a worthy guide to bring Our English youth
...
Page 105
For his heart being wholly delighted in deceiving us , we could never be warned ,
but rather one bird caught , served for a stale to bring in more . For the more he
got , the more still he shewed , that he , as it were , gave way to his new mistress
...
For his heart being wholly delighted in deceiving us , we could never be warned ,
but rather one bird caught , served for a stale to bring in more . For the more he
got , the more still he shewed , that he , as it were , gave way to his new mistress
...
Page 166
Be not quarrellous for every light occasion ; they are impatient in their anger of
any equal , ready to revenge an injury , but never wont to provoke any : they
never fight without provoking , and once provoked they never cease . “ Beware
thou fall ...
Be not quarrellous for every light occasion ; they are impatient in their anger of
any equal , ready to revenge an injury , but never wont to provoke any : they
never fight without provoking , and once provoked they never cease . “ Beware
thou fall ...
Page 182
I mean he never gave him bait . Ris . - Why , he took him for no fish . Hack.— I
mistake none of you when I take you for fools , I say thou never gavest my horse
meat , Dro . - Yes , in four and forty hours I am sure he had a bottle of hay as big
as ...
I mean he never gave him bait . Ris . - Why , he took him for no fish . Hack.— I
mistake none of you when I take you for fools , I say thou never gavest my horse
meat , Dro . - Yes , in four and forty hours I am sure he had a bottle of hay as big
as ...
Page 309
Woman of all thy creatures is the weakest , And in her greatest strength did
weakly fail ; Thou who the weak and bruised never breakest , Who never triumph
in the yielding seekest : Pity my weak estate , and leave me never ; I ever yet was
...
Woman of all thy creatures is the weakest , And in her greatest strength did
weakly fail ; Thou who the weak and bruised never breakest , Who never triumph
in the yielding seekest : Pity my weak estate , and leave me never ; I ever yet was
...
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| Title | Kentish Poets. A series of writers in English poetry, natives or residents in the county of Kent; with specimens of their compositions and some account of their lives and writings. By R. F. |
| Author | Rowland FREEMAN |
| Publisher | G. Wood, 1821 |
| Original from | The British Library |
| Digitized | 4 Feb 2015 |
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