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Page 143
... drew , A charge of snuff the wily virgin threw ; The gnomes direct , to ev'ry atom just , The pungent grains of titillating dust ; Sudden , with starting tears each eye o'erflows , And the high dome re - echoes to his nose . ' Now meet ...
... drew , A charge of snuff the wily virgin threw ; The gnomes direct , to ev'ry atom just , The pungent grains of titillating dust ; Sudden , with starting tears each eye o'erflows , And the high dome re - echoes to his nose . ' Now meet ...
Page 268
... drew him under in the mere . And lightly went the other to the King . Then spoke King Arthur , drawing thicker breath : ' Now see I by thine eyes that this is done . Speak out : what is it thou hast heard , or seen ? ' And answer made ...
... drew him under in the mere . And lightly went the other to the King . Then spoke King Arthur , drawing thicker breath : ' Now see I by thine eyes that this is done . Speak out : what is it thou hast heard , or seen ? ' And answer made ...
Page 379
David Herbert. I Teeth clenched , he drew his knife - ' Snip , snip , ' - de la Mare Groaned , and sate shivering back ; and she , Treading the water with birdlike dip , Shook her sweet shoulders free : Drew backward , smiling ...
David Herbert. I Teeth clenched , he drew his knife - ' Snip , snip , ' - de la Mare Groaned , and sate shivering back ; and she , Treading the water with birdlike dip , Shook her sweet shoulders free : Drew backward , smiling ...
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GEOFFREY CHAUCER 1340?1400 | 1 |
ROBERT HENRYSON c 14301506 | 7 |
ANONYMOUS | 15 |
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