Book I of The Faery QueeneClarendon Press, 1883 - 257 páginas |
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Página vi
... Lord Grey de Wilton , took Spenser with him as his secretary to Ireland , in all probability through Lord Leicester's influence ; for just before this time he had been staying at Penshurst , Lord Leicester's seat in Kent . On Lord ...
... Lord Grey de Wilton , took Spenser with him as his secretary to Ireland , in all probability through Lord Leicester's influence ; for just before this time he had been staying at Penshurst , Lord Leicester's seat in Kent . On Lord ...
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... Lord Burleigh's dislike to Spenser , and his endeavour to stop his pension . Spenser , who loved and admired Archbishop Grindalf ( the good Algrind of the Shep- heards Calender ) , must have disliked Burleigh , who treated the d Colin ...
... Lord Burleigh's dislike to Spenser , and his endeavour to stop his pension . Spenser , who loved and admired Archbishop Grindalf ( the good Algrind of the Shep- heards Calender ) , must have disliked Burleigh , who treated the d Colin ...
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... Lord Leicester's rival at court , cannot have felt much goodwill towards one who was so closely attached to the party of his antagonist . Beyond this , there seems to be no ground for the tale . Early in life Spenser had worshipped a ...
... Lord Leicester's rival at court , cannot have felt much goodwill towards one who was so closely attached to the party of his antagonist . Beyond this , there seems to be no ground for the tale . Early in life Spenser had worshipped a ...
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... Lord Leicester's , close - clipped beard , heavy eyebrows , and under them thoughtful brown eyes , whose upper eyelids weigh them dreamily down ; a long and straight nose , strongly developed , answering to a long and somewhat spare ...
... Lord Leicester's , close - clipped beard , heavy eyebrows , and under them thoughtful brown eyes , whose upper eyelids weigh them dreamily down ; a long and straight nose , strongly developed , answering to a long and somewhat spare ...
Página xii
... Lord Grey , and at greater distance , Walsingham , Leicester , and Essex , taught him that loyalty and sensitiveness , which marked him in both his life and his writings . Add to these a pure and deep sense of religion , and an ac ...
... Lord Grey , and at greater distance , Walsingham , Leicester , and Essex , taught him that loyalty and sensitiveness , which marked him in both his life and his writings . Add to these a pure and deep sense of religion , and an ac ...
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armes backe Bartsch beare beast bitter blood body Book brought CANTO cause Chaucer Cotgrave Cross dame dead deadly deare death doth dread Duessa English eyes face Faery Queene faire faith fall false feare fell fierce fight fire follow force gentle give Gloss goodly grace ground hand hart hath head heaven king knight lady land late Latin light living looked lord meaning mind never paine person phrase poets pride Prince proud Queene quoth rest seems selfe sense shield side sight Skeat soone Spenser strong sweet tell thee thing thou thought tree true Truth unto vaine verb viii weary wight wood wound
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Página 6 - Yea but (quoth she) the perill of this place I better wot then you, though now too late To wish you backe returne with foule disgrace, Yet wisedome warnes, whilest foot is in the gate, To stay the steppe, ere forced to retrate. This is the wandring wood, this Errours den, A monster vile, whom God and man does hate : Therefore I read beware. Fly, fly (quoth then The fearefull Dwarfe) this is no place for living men.
Página 28 - The lyon would not leave her desolate, But with her went along, as a strong gard Of her chast person, and a faithfull mate Of her sad troubles and misfortunes hard : Still when she slept, he kept both watch and ward, And when she wakt, he waited diligent, With humble service to her will prepard : From her faire eyes he tooke commandement, And ever by her lookes conceived her intent.
Página 163 - In that Faery Queene I meane glory in my generall intention, but in my particular I conceive the most excellent and glorious person of our soveraine the Queene, and her kingdome in Faery Land.
Página 8 - That from their noyance he no where can rest; But with his clownish hands their tender wings He brusheth oft, and oft doth mar their murmurings.
Página 114 - Come, come away, fraile, feeble, fleshly wight, Ne let vaine words bewitch thy manly hart, Ne divelish thoughts dismay thy constant spright. In heavenly mercies hast thou not a part? Why shouldst thou then despeire, that chosen art?
Página xxviii - Queene to assygne her some one of her knights to take on him that exployt. Presently that clownish person, upstarting, desired that adventure : whereat the Queene much wondering, and the Lady much gainesaying, yet he earnestly importuned his desire.
Página 8 - Her vomit full of bookes and papers was, With loathly frogs and toades, which eyes did lacke, And creeping sought way in the weedy gras: Her filthy parbreake all the place defiled has.
Página xxv - The generall end therefore of all the booke is to fashion a gentleman or noble person in vertuous and gentle discipline : Which for that I conceived shoulde be most plausible and pleasing, being coloured with an historicall fiction, the which the most part of men delight to read, rather for variety of matter then for profite of the ensample...
Página 168 - Abhorred Styx, the flood of deadly hate; Sad Acheron, of sorrow, black and deep; Cocytus, named of lamentation loud Heard on the rueful stream; fierce Phlegethon, Whose waves of torrent fire inflame with rage.
Página 3 - A GENTLE Knight was pricking on the plaine, Ycladd in mightie armes and silver shielde, Wherein old dints of deepe woundes did remaine, The cruell markes of many a bloody fielde ; Yet armes till that time did he never wield : His angry steede did chide his foming bitt, As much disdayning to the curbe to yield : Full jolly knight he seemd, and faire did sitt, As one for knightly giusts and fierce encounters fitt.