The Later Renaissance in England: Nondramatic Verse and Prose, 1600-1660 |
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... COURT Man is a tennis court : his flesh the wall , The gamesters God and Sathan , th ' heart's the ball . The higher and the lower hazards are Too bold presumption and too base despair ; The rackets , which our restless balls make fly ...
... COURT Man is a tennis court : his flesh the wall , The gamesters God and Sathan , th ' heart's the ball . The higher and the lower hazards are Too bold presumption and too base despair ; The rackets , which our restless balls make fly ...
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... court , whilst the Lady Lucy , countess of Bedford , led him by the one hand , and William , earl of Pembroke by the other , supplying him with a support far above his patri- monial income . The truth is , Somerset's growing daily more ...
... court , whilst the Lady Lucy , countess of Bedford , led him by the one hand , and William , earl of Pembroke by the other , supplying him with a support far above his patri- monial income . The truth is , Somerset's growing daily more ...
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... court or elsewhere , and every borough in their town hall , should have chosen certain men to carry their several sums respectively to the Parliament . Had not these men repre- sented the whole nation ? B. Yes , no doubt . A. Do you ...
... court or elsewhere , and every borough in their town hall , should have chosen certain men to carry their several sums respectively to the Parliament . Had not these men repre- sented the whole nation ? B. Yes , no doubt . A. Do you ...
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Fulke Greville First Baron Brooke 4 | 10 |
From Euthymiae Raptus or the Tears of Peace | 18 |
Michael Drayton | 31 |
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