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Page ix
... grow wilder with the years . With the anthologist- as with the fisherman who knows the fish at the end of his sea - line - the gift , if he have it , comes by sense , improved by practice . The definition , if he be clever enough to ...
... grow wilder with the years . With the anthologist- as with the fisherman who knows the fish at the end of his sea - line - the gift , if he have it , comes by sense , improved by practice . The definition , if he be clever enough to ...
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... ] laughed . bote he ] unless she . make ] mate . feye ] like to die . nihtes ] at night . wende ] turn . for - thi ] on that account . waxeth won ] cheeks grow wan wonges 3 . Levedi , al for thine sake Longinge is ANONYMOUS.
... ] laughed . bote he ] unless she . make ] mate . feye ] like to die . nihtes ] at night . wende ] turn . for - thi ] on that account . waxeth won ] cheeks grow wan wonges 3 . Levedi , al for thine sake Longinge is ANONYMOUS.
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... grow : My destiny is for to die A shameful death , I trow ; Or else to flee . The tone must be . None other way I know But to withdraw as an outlaw , And take me to my bow . Wherefore adieu , mine own heart true ! None other rede I can ...
... grow : My destiny is for to die A shameful death , I trow ; Or else to flee . The tone must be . None other way I know But to withdraw as an outlaw , And take me to my bow . Wherefore adieu , mine own heart true ! None other rede I can ...
Page 43
... dread and awe ; Whereby to you great harm might grow : Yet had I liever than That I had to the green - wood go , Alone , a banished man . part with ] share with . tho ] those . She . I think not nay but as ye say 43 ANONYMOUS.
... dread and awe ; Whereby to you great harm might grow : Yet had I liever than That I had to the green - wood go , Alone , a banished man . part with ] share with . tho ] those . She . I think not nay but as ye say 43 ANONYMOUS.
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... grow ; -Now he comes ! Will he come ? Alas ! no , no . The Means to attam Happy Life MARTIAL , the things that do attain The happy life be these , I find : - The richesse left , not got with pain ; The fruitful ground , the quiet mind ...
... grow ; -Now he comes ! Will he come ? Alas ! no , no . The Means to attam Happy Life MARTIAL , the things that do attain The happy life be these , I find : - The richesse left , not got with pain ; The fruitful ground , the quiet mind ...
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