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" Thou art not, Penshurst, built to envious show Of touch or marble; nor canst boast a row Of polished pillars or a roof of gold : Thou hast no lantern, whereof tales are told ; Or stair, or courts ; but stand'st an ancient pile, And these grudged at, are... "
Sacharissa: Some Account of Dorothy Sidney, Countess of Sunderland, Her ... - Page 20
by Julia Mary Cartwright Ady, Julia Cartwright - 1893 - 314 pages
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The Works of Ben Jonson...: With Notes Critical and Explanatory ..., Volume 8

Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1816 - 482 pages
...Penshurst, built to envious show Of touch or marble. ] The common kind of black marble Of polish'd pillars, or a roof of gold : Thou hast no lantern,...whereof tales are told ; Or stair, or courts ; but stand'st an ancient pile, And these grudg'd at, art reverenced the while. Thou joy'st in better marks,...
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 45

1839 - 894 pages
...envious show Of touch or marble : nor canst boast a row Or polished pillars, or a roof of gold ; Tbou hast no lantern, whereof tales are told) Or stair or courts ; but stand'st an ancient pile, And thcse grudg'd at, art reverenced the while. Thou joy'st in better marks,...
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The Indicator, Volume 1

Leigh Hunt - 1820 - 432 pages
...of the time. Thou art not, Penshurst, built to envious show, Or touch, of marble ; nor canst boast a row Of polished pillars, or a roof of gold ; Thou...whereof tales are told ; Or stair, or courts; but stand'st an ancient pile: And these, grudged at, are reverenced the while. Thou joy'st in better marks,...
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The Progresses, Processions, and Magnificent Festivities, of King ..., Volume 1

John Nichols - 1828 - 700 pages
...There, in the writhed bark, are cut the names Of touch or marble; nor canst boast a row Of polish'd pillars, or a roof of gold; Thou hast no lantern, whereof tales are told ; Or stair, or courts; but stand'st an ancient pile, And, these grudg'd at, art reverenced the while. Thou joy'st in better marks,...
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The Indicator, and the Companion: A Miscellany for the Fields and ..., Volume 1

Leigh Hunt - 1834 - 342 pages
...of the time. Thou art not, Penshurst, built to envious show, Or touch, of marble ; nor canst boast a row Of polished pillars, or a roof of gold ; Thou hast no lantern, whereof tales are told ; Or stairs, or courts ; but stand'st an ancient pile : And these, grudged at, are reverenced the while....
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The Indicator and the Companion: A Miscellany for the Fields and ..., Volume 1

Leigh Hunt - 1835 - 350 pages
...of the time. Thou art not, Penshurst, built to envious show, Or touch, of marble; nor canst boast a row Of polished pillars, or a roof of gold ; Thou hast no lantern, whereof tales are told ; Or stairs, or courts ; but stand'st an ancient pile : And these, grudged at, are reverenced the while....
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Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and ..., Volume 1

Robert Chambers - 1844 - 692 pages
...Thou art not, Penshurst, built to envious show Of touch or marble ; nor canst boast a row Of polish'd rom whence those bright eifluvins come Like flames...of fire (as others guess) That shine i' th' mouths stand'st an ancient pile, And these grudg'd at, ore reverenced the while. Thou joy'st in better marks...
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The Living Age, Volume 199

1893 - 840 pages
...delights : — Thou art not, Penshurst, built to envious show Of touch or marble, nor canst boast a row Of polished pillars or a roof of gold ; Thou hast no lantern of which tales are told, Or stair or courts ; but stand's! an ancient pile, And, these grudged at,...
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The Indicatior: a Miscellany for the Fields and the Fireside, Volumes 1-2

Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 520 pages
...of the time. Thou art not, Penshurst, built to envious show, Or touch, of marble ; nor canst boast a row Of polished pillars, or a roof of gold ; Thou hast no lantern, whereof tales are told : Or stairs, or courts ; but stand' st an ancient pile : And these, grudged at, are reverenced the while....
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The Indicatior: a Miscellany for the Fields and the Fireside, Volumes 1-2

Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 540 pages
...of the time. Thou art not, Penshurst, built to envious show, Or touch, of marble ; nor canst boast a row ' Of polished pillars, or a roof of gold ; Thou hast no lantern, whereof tales are told : Or stairs, or courts ; but stand'st an ancient pile : And these, grudged at, are reverenced the while....
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