The works of Shakespear, with a glossary, pr. from the Oxford ed. in quarto, 1744 [by Sir T.Hanmer]. |
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... Dear for her reputation through the world , Is now leas'd out , ( I die pronouncing it ) Like to a tenement , or pelting farm . England bound in with the triumphant fea , Whose rocky shore beats back the envious fiege Of watry Neptune ...
... Dear for her reputation through the world , Is now leas'd out , ( I die pronouncing it ) Like to a tenement , or pelting farm . England bound in with the triumphant fea , Whose rocky shore beats back the envious fiege Of watry Neptune ...
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