"Cosen" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... would over-multitude their Lords, The Sea o'refraught would swell, and th'unsought diamonds Would so emblaze the forhead of the Deep, And so bested with Stars, that they below Would grow inur'd to light, and com at last To gaze upon the Sun with shameless brows. List Lady be not coy, and be not cosen'd With that same vaunted name Virginity, Beauty is natures coyn, must not be hoorded, But must be currant, and the good thereof 740 Consists in mutual and partak'n bliss, Unsavoury in th'injoyment of it self If you let slip time, like a neglected rose It withers ...
— The Poetical Works of John Milton • John Milton
... veul garder, I wyll kepe me, De duel de maise auenture, Fro sorow of euil auenture, Mais toudis viure en joye But alleway lyue in ioye Sers mon deduit." Shall be my byledyng." 12 "Amand, vostre serouge, "Amand, your cosen alyed A plus belle amye Hath a fairer lyef Que vous nayes, Than ye haue, Et mieulx aprise And better taught 16 Que ie nen scay nulle; Than I knowe ony; Elle est belle et sage, She is faire and wyse, Si quils pourroient auoir ...
— Dialogues in French and English • William Caxton |
