Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions of English Authors, from Earliest to the Present Time : Connected by a Critical and Biographical HistoryRobert Chambers Gould, Kendall and Lincoln, 1850 - English literature |
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... arms gude and fine ; Came on a steed a bowshot near , Before all other that there were : And knew the king , for that he saw Him sae range his men on raw , 1 Caused , ordered In this and the subsequent extract , the language is as far ...
... arms gude and fine ; Came on a steed a bowshot near , Before all other that there were : And knew the king , for that he saw Him sae range his men on raw , 1 Caused , ordered In this and the subsequent extract , the language is as far ...
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... arms led him a full great rout . With a bauld sprite guid Wallace blent about : A priest he asked , for God that died on tree . King Edward then commanded his clergy , And said , ' I charge you , upon loss of life , Nane be sae bauld ...
... arms led him a full great rout . With a bauld sprite guid Wallace blent about : A priest he asked , for God that died on tree . King Edward then commanded his clergy , And said , ' I charge you , upon loss of life , Nane be sae bauld ...
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... Arms , and died about the year 1555. He chiefly shone as a satirical and humorous writer , and his great fault is an entire absence of that spirit of refinement which graced the contemporary literature of Eng- land . The principal ...
... Arms , and died about the year 1555. He chiefly shone as a satirical and humorous writer , and his great fault is an entire absence of that spirit of refinement which graced the contemporary literature of Eng- land . The principal ...
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... arms , and there think many a wile . Some stand aloof at cap and knee , some humble , and some stout , Yet are they never friends indeed until they once fall out . ' Thus ended she her song , and said , before she did remove , ' The ...
... arms , and there think many a wile . Some stand aloof at cap and knee , some humble , and some stout , Yet are they never friends indeed until they once fall out . ' Thus ended she her song , and said , before she did remove , ' The ...
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... arm , where he showed a very withered arm , and small , as it was never other . ' And thereupon every man's mind mis- gave them , well perceiving that this matter was but a quarrel ; for well they wist that the queen was both too wise ...
... arm , where he showed a very withered arm , and small , as it was never other . ' And thereupon every man's mind mis- gave them , well perceiving that this matter was but a quarrel ; for well they wist that the queen was both too wise ...
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