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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... doth her voice outring ; Right so Cresseide , when that her dread stent , Opened her heart , and told him her intent . The House of Fame , afterwards so richly paraphrased by Pope , contains some bold imagery , and the ro- mantic ...
... doth her voice outring ; Right so Cresseide , when that her dread stent , Opened her heart , and told him her intent . The House of Fame , afterwards so richly paraphrased by Pope , contains some bold imagery , and the ro- mantic ...
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... doth the nightingale : Curteis he was , lowly and servisable ; And carf before his fader at the table . A Yeman hadde he ; and servantes no mo At that time ; for him luste to ride so : And he was cladde in cote and hode of grene ; A ...
... doth the nightingale : Curteis he was , lowly and servisable ; And carf before his fader at the table . A Yeman hadde he ; and servantes no mo At that time ; for him luste to ride so : And he was cladde in cote and hode of grene ; A ...
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... doth them accuse Of any double intention , To speaké rown , other to muse , To pinch at their conditión , All is but false collusión , I dare right well the soth express , They have no better protection , But shroud them under ...
... doth them accuse Of any double intention , To speaké rown , other to muse , To pinch at their conditión , All is but false collusión , I dare right well the soth express , They have no better protection , But shroud them under ...
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... doth face Wild Camber's cliffs , did give her lively heat : Fostered she was with milk of Irish breast ; Her sire , an earl ; her dame of princes ' blood : From tender years , in Britain she doth rest With king's child , where she ...
... doth face Wild Camber's cliffs , did give her lively heat : Fostered she was with milk of Irish breast ; Her sire , an earl ; her dame of princes ' blood : From tender years , in Britain she doth rest With king's child , where she ...
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... doth the rose , Within her lively face . At Bacchus ' feast none shall her meet , Ne at no wanton play ; Nor gazing in an open street , Nor gadding as a stray . The modest mirth that she doth use Is mix'd with shamefac'dness ; All vice she ...
... doth the rose , Within her lively face . At Bacchus ' feast none shall her meet , Ne at no wanton play ; Nor gazing in an open street , Nor gadding as a stray . The modest mirth that she doth use Is mix'd with shamefac'dness ; All vice she ...
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