 I, that was wont to behold her riding like Alexander, hunting like Diana, walking like Venus, the gentle wind blowing her fair hair about her pure cheeks, like a nymph, sometimes sitting in the shade like a goddess, sometimes singing like an angel, sometimes...  American Biography - Страница 323по Jeremy Belknap - 1846Пълен достъп - Информация за книгата
 | Colin Bingham - 2006 - 428 страници
...that did not stop Raleigh from picturing her with all the conceits of contemporary poetical language: "I that was wont to behold her riding like Alexander,...hair about her pure cheeks like a nymph, sometime singing like an angel, sometime playing like Orpheus; behold! the sorrow of this world once amiss hath... | |
 | Anka Muhlstein - 2007 - 428 страници
...the Tower. Raleigh wrote her the most charming letters of entreaty in which he recalled beholding her 'walking like Venus, the gentle wind blowing her fair hair about her pure cheeks fike a nymph', but it was no use. He eventually regained access to the court, if not to the queen's... | |
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