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Page 52
... fall to ground , and with his heavy sway So deeply dinted in the driven clay , That three yards deep a furrow up did throw : The sad earth , wounded with so sore assay , Did groan full grievous underneath the blow , And trembling with ...
... fall to ground , and with his heavy sway So deeply dinted in the driven clay , That three yards deep a furrow up did throw : The sad earth , wounded with so sore assay , Did groan full grievous underneath the blow , And trembling with ...
Page 55
... fall with fearful drift . Or as a castle reared high and round , By subtle engines and malicious sleight Is undermined from the lowest ground , And her foundation forced , and feebled quite , At last down falls , and with her heaped ...
... fall with fearful drift . Or as a castle reared high and round , By subtle engines and malicious sleight Is undermined from the lowest ground , And her foundation forced , and feebled quite , At last down falls , and with her heaped ...
Page 104
... fall , supposed wound , And loss of urine , in a swound , In haste he snatched the wooden limb That , hurt in th ... falling off his steed ( As rats do from a falling house ) , To hide itself from rage of blows ; And , winged with speed ...
... fall , supposed wound , And loss of urine , in a swound , In haste he snatched the wooden limb That , hurt in th ... falling off his steed ( As rats do from a falling house ) , To hide itself from rage of blows ; And , winged with speed ...
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