An Oxford Anthology of English ProseArnold Whitridge, John Wendell Dodds, Howard Foster Lowry Oxford University Press, 1935 - 950 pages |
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... beauty to show the goddess of beauty ; therefore , being in despair either by art to shadow her , or by imagination to comprehend her , he drew in a table a fair temple , the gates open , and Venus going in so as nothing could be ...
... beauty to show the goddess of beauty ; therefore , being in despair either by art to shadow her , or by imagination to comprehend her , he drew in a table a fair temple , the gates open , and Venus going in so as nothing could be ...
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... beauty , the excellent grace and sweetness of her tongue , he nothing mis- trusted that Antonius would do any hurt to so noble a lady , but rather assured him- self that within few days she should be in great favor with him . Thereupon ...
... beauty , the excellent grace and sweetness of her tongue , he nothing mis- trusted that Antonius would do any hurt to so noble a lady , but rather assured him- self that within few days she should be in great favor with him . Thereupon ...
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... beauty of mind ; the preacher , the beauty of grace : then intellect too , I repeat , has its beauty , and it has those who aim at it . To open the mind , to correct it , to refine it , to en- able it to know , and to digest , master ...
... beauty of mind ; the preacher , the beauty of grace : then intellect too , I repeat , has its beauty , and it has those who aim at it . To open the mind , to correct it , to refine it , to en- able it to know , and to digest , master ...
Contents
Le Morte Darthur | 1 |
Roger Ascham 15151568 | 19 |
Sir Thomas North | 29 |
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