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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... soon after the time of Alfred , and continued till the reign of Henry II . Altogether , considering the general state of Western Europe in the middle ages , the literature of our Anglo - Saxon forefathers may be regarded as a creditable ...
... soon after the time of Alfred , and continued till the reign of Henry II . Altogether , considering the general state of Western Europe in the middle ages , the literature of our Anglo - Saxon forefathers may be regarded as a creditable ...
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... soon thereafter another there come also . For the Saracens in Paynim yarked folk enow , And that folk , tho it gare was , 9 to Antioch drew . Tho the Christians it underget , again they wend fast , So that they met them , and smit an ...
... soon thereafter another there come also . For the Saracens in Paynim yarked folk enow , And that folk , tho it gare was , 9 to Antioch drew . Tho the Christians it underget , again they wend fast , So that they met them , and smit an ...
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... soon . Her friends said , it were to done . They asked the king to give her Kent , In dowery to take of rent . Upon that maiden his heart was cast ; That they asked the king made fast . I ween the king took her that day , And wedded her ...
... soon . Her friends said , it were to done . They asked the king to give her Kent , In dowery to take of rent . Upon that maiden his heart was cast ; That they asked the king made fast . I ween the king took her that day , And wedded her ...
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... soon spoke , That his one ee anon was loke : And his fellow forthwith also Was blind on both his eyes two . 2 Say . 1 Then . 8 What thing he was most disposed to crave . Tho was that other glad enough : That one wept , and that other ...
... soon spoke , That his one ee anon was loke : And his fellow forthwith also Was blind on both his eyes two . 2 Say . 1 Then . 8 What thing he was most disposed to crave . Tho was that other glad enough : That one wept , and that other ...
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... soon , ' Scot , Martin's fish we wald have ! ' Wallace meekly again answer him gave . ' It were reason , methink , ye should have part , Waith should be dealt , in all place , with free heart . ' He bade his child , Give them of our ...
... soon , ' Scot , Martin's fish we wald have ! ' Wallace meekly again answer him gave . ' It were reason , methink , ye should have part , Waith should be dealt , in all place , with free heart . ' He bade his child , Give them of our ...
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