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Select Beauties of Ancient English Poetry: With Remarks - Page 16
by Henry Headley - 1787 - 198 pages
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Prolusions: Or, Select Pieces of Antient Poetry,--compil'd with Great Care ...

Edward Capell - 1760 - 284 pages
...alas, upon the woeful plight of Misery, that next appear'd in fight : His face was lean, and fome-deal pin'd away, and eke his hands confumed to the bone ; but, what his body was, I cannot fay, for on his carkafs rayment had he none, fave clouts and patches pieced one...
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Observations on the Fairy Queen of Spenser, Volume 2

Thomas Warton - 1762 - 286 pages
...moft full and expreflive painter of allegoric perfonages, defcribes his MISERIE after the fame manner. His face was leane, and fome deale pin'd away, And eke his hands confumed to the bone ; * i But what his bodie was I cannot fay, For on his carkas rayment had he none, Save clouts and patches...
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The History of English Poetry from the Close of the Eleventh to the ...

Thomas Warton - 1781 - 620 pages
...alas, upon the woeful plight Of MISERY, that next appear'd in fight : His face was lean, and fome-deal pin'd away,. And eke his hands confumed to the bone ; But, what his body was, I cannot fay, For ' For on his carkafs rayment had he none, Save clouts and patches pieced...
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Select Beauties of Ancient English Poetry: With Remarks, Volume 1

Henry Headley - 1787 - 212 pages
...upon' the wofull plight Of Miferie, that next appear'd in fight. His face was leane, and fome.deale pin'd away, And eke his hands confumed to the bone,...was wilde fruits of the 'tree, Unlefle fometime fome ciums fell to his fhare, Which in his wallet long God wot kept he, As one the which full daintily would...
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Annual Register of World Events, Volume 24

1800 - 620 pages
...alas, upor. the woeful plight Of MISERY, that next appear'd in fight: His face was lean, and fome-deal pin'd away, > And eke his hands confumed to the bone ; But, what his body was, I cannot fay, For on his carkafs rayment had he none, Save clouts and patches piectd one...
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The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and ..., Volume 24

1800 - 624 pages
...alas, upon the woeful plight Of MISERY, that next appear'd in fight : His face was lean, and fome-deal pin'd away, And eke his hands confumed to the bone ; But, what his body was, I cannot fay, For on his carkafs rayment had he Done, Save clouts and patches pieced one...
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The Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 3

Edmund Spenser - 1805 - 484 pages
...full and expreffive painter of allegorick perfonages, defcribes his Miferie alter the fame manner : " His face was leane, and fome deale pin'd away, " And...what his bodie was I cannot fay, " For on his carkas raymeut had he none, " Saue clouts and patches pieced one by one." But the circumftance of the thorns...
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The Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 3

Edmund Spenser - 1805 - 504 pages
...defcribes his Miferie after the lame manner : His face was leaue, and 1'ome deale pin'd away, And eke hie hands confumed to the bone ; But what his bodie was...cannot fay, For on his carkas rayment had he none, Saue clouts and patches pieced one by one." But the circumftance of the thorns in ft. 36' is new, and...
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Observations on the Fairy Queen of Spenser, Volume 2

Thomas Warton - 1807 - 388 pages
...some deale pin'd away, And eke his hands consumed to the bone ; But what his bodie was I cannot say, For on his carkas rayment had he none, Save clouts and patches pieced one by one * . But the circumstance of the thorn is nevr, and strongly picturesque B. ic ix. s. xix. — — —...
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The Ruminator: Containing a Series of Moral, Critical, and ..., Volume 2

Sir Egerton Brydges - 1813 - 354 pages
...eke his hands consumed to the bone ; But what his body was I cannot say, For on his carcase raiment had he none, Save clouts and patches pieced one by one; With staff in hand, and scrip on shoulders cast, His chief defence against the winter's blast. His food,...
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