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Redfield, 1854 - Всего страниц: 352

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Стр. 67 - purchased by the weight Which therein works a miracle in nature, Making them lightest that wear most of it; So are those crisped, snaky, golden locks, Which make such wanton gambols with the wind Upon supposed fairness, often known To be the dowry of a second head— The scull that bred them in the sepulchre.
Стр. 88 - she did it for my burial. Verily I say unto you, wheresoever this Gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this which this woman hath done be told for a memorial of her.
Стр. 60 - Is this the Talbot, so much fear'd abroad, That with his name the mothers still their babes ? I see report is fabulous and false I thought I should have seen some Hercules, A second Hector, for his grim aspect, And large proportion of his strong-knit limbs. Alas! this is a child, a silly dwarf,
Стр. 277 - the point upwards; next came the Queen, in the sixty-fifth year of her age, as we were told, very majestic ; her face oblong, fair but wrinkled ; her eyes small, yet black and pleasant,-her nose a little hooked; her lips narrow, and her teeth black (a defect the English seem subject to, from their
Стр. 278 - wherever she turned her face, as she was going along, everybody fell down on their knees. The ladies of the court followed next to her, very handsome and well shaped, and for the most part dressed in white; she was guarded on each side by the gentlemen-pensioners, fifty in number, with gilt battle-axes.
Стр. 14 - as in their own defence, as being exposed to scorn ; but in process of time by a general habit. Also it stirreth in them industry and especially of this kind, to watch and observe the weakness of others that they may have somewhat to repay.
Стр. 160 - Kan purple to the sea, suppos'd with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded ; the love tale Infected Sion's daughters with like heat Whose wanton passions in the sacred porch Ezechiel saw when by the vision led, His
Стр. 278 - next the hall where we were, petitions were presented to her, and she received them most graciously, which occasioned the exclamation of ' Long live Queen Elizabeth !' She answered it with ' I thank you, my good people !' In the chapel was excellent music; as soon as it and the service were over, which scarce exceeded half an hour, the queen returned
Стр. 238 - devil—she never abused to any man's hurt, but to many a man's comfort and relief. Where the king took displeasure, she would mitigate and appease his mind; where men were out of favor, she would bring them in his grace; for many that had highly offended, she obtained pardon; of great forfeitures, she
Стр. 262 - not fourteen. NURSE. — I'll lay fourteen of my teeth— And yet, to my teen be it spoken, I have but four— She is not fourteen How long is it now To Lammas-tide ? LADY

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