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... thyself , Winifred , that thou art fair - O that thou wert as favourable ! -thy beauty hath bound me to be thy servant , and never to cease till I see another obtain thee , or myself be possessed of my heart's content . Thou art a ...
... thyself , Winifred , that thou art fair - O that thou wert as favourable ! -thy beauty hath bound me to be thy servant , and never to cease till I see another obtain thee , or myself be possessed of my heart's content . Thou art a ...
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... thyself by following an unprofitable suit . If ever I love earthly man , it shall be thee , insomuch as thou hast deserved an earthly lady's love ; but my love is settled forever , both in this world and in the 15 world to come . And ...
... thyself by following an unprofitable suit . If ever I love earthly man , it shall be thee , insomuch as thou hast deserved an earthly lady's love ; but my love is settled forever , both in this world and in the 15 world to come . And ...
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... thyself no good at all . Thou sittest weeping by a crystal stream , where is no need of water , while I wander up and down seeking to forget thee ; thou never 5 remembrest me , having drawn the fountain of mine eyes dry through thy ...
... thyself no good at all . Thou sittest weeping by a crystal stream , where is no need of water , while I wander up and down seeking to forget thee ; thou never 5 remembrest me , having drawn the fountain of mine eyes dry through thy ...
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... thyself , for Nature hath doomed thou shalt die likewise ; and albeit the execution thereof be something deferred , yet at length it will come , and that shortly , for never did tyrant carry gray hairs to the grave . ' The young lady ...
... thyself , for Nature hath doomed thou shalt die likewise ; and albeit the execution thereof be something deferred , yet at length it will come , and that shortly , for never did tyrant carry gray hairs to the grave . ' The young lady ...
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... thyself and draw them on . ' Therewith she , sitting down , lifted up her well - proportioned leg upon his gentle knee . Where , by that time her shoes were 40 drawn on , she had prepared a good reward for her shoemaker and , giving him ...
... thyself and draw them on . ' Therewith she , sitting down , lifted up her well - proportioned leg upon his gentle knee . Where , by that time her shoes were 40 drawn on , she had prepared a good reward for her shoemaker and , giving him ...
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Page 93 - ... used or occupied within the realm of England or Wales; except he shall have been brought up therein seven years at the least as an apprentice...
Page 64 - Now God help you,' quoth she, 'I pray God make us able 5 to pay every man his own, that we may live out of debt and danger and drive the wolf from the door, and I desire no more.
Page 64 - His wife hearing him say so was inflamed with the desire thereof, as women are (for the most part) very covetous: that matter running still in her mind, she could scant find in her heart to spare him time to go to supper, for very eagerness to animate him on, to take that bargain upon him.
Page 85 - City: these were the words, little thinking, (God wot) that euer it should come to passe: but such was the great goodnesse of our God, who setteth vp the humble, and pulleth down the proud, to bring whom he pleaseth to the seat of Honour. For as the scripture witnesseth, Promotion cometh neither from the East nor from the West, but from him that is the giuer of all good things, the mighty Lord of heauen and earth. Wherefore wife, seeing God hath bestowed that vpon me that I neuer looked for; it is...
Page 63 - ... call, hammering this matter in his head. At last his wife came to him, saying: "Husband, what mean you that you do not come to supper? Why speak you not, man? Hear you, good husband? Come away, your meat will be cold.
Page 62 - ... length he was married, and got him a shop, and laboured hard daily, and his young wife was never idle, but straight when she had nothing to do, she sat in the shop and spun: and having lived thus alone a...
Page 77 - Nay, I pray you, come in and drink with me before you go." Then said he: "Wife, bring me forth the pasty of venison, and set me here my little table, that these gentlemen may eat a bit with me before they go.
Page 43 - Notwithstanding, they thought good to keep their service, as their lives' surest refuge. At what time they both bent their whole minds to please their master and dame, refusing nothing that was put to them to do, were it to wash dishes, scoure kettles, or any other thing whereby they thought their dame's favour might be gotten...
Page 86 - At what time they (in token of thankful nesse) flung vp their Caps, giuing a great shout, and incontinently they all quietly departed. Then after this, Sir Simon Eyer builded Leaden-Hall, appointing that in the midst thereof, there should be a Market place kept euery \ Munday for Leather, where the Shoemakers of London, for their more ease, might buy of the Tanners without seeking any further.
Page 63 - I am myself but a stranger in this country and utterly unacquainted with merchants, but I dwell with one in this city that is a very honest man, and it may be that he can help you to some that will deal with you for it, and if you think it good, I will move him in it, and in the mean space, I'll bring you where you may have a very good lodging. To-morrow morning I will come to you again.