The Literature and the Literary Men of Great Britain and Ireland: In Two Volumes, Volume 1Harper, 1851 - 576 pages |
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... holy Creator ! then the world the guardian of mankind , the eternal lord produced afterward , the earth for men , the Almighty master . Cadmon then awoke ; and he was not only able to repeat the lines which he had made in his sleep ...
... holy Creator ! then the world the guardian of mankind , the eternal lord produced afterward , the earth for men , the Almighty master . Cadmon then awoke ; and he was not only able to repeat the lines which he had made in his sleep ...
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... holy ones under their feet ; Why good should go crookedly no man can say , And bright deeds in crowds should lie hidden away . The sinner at all times is scorning the just , The wiser in right , and the worthier of trust ; Their leasing ...
... holy ones under their feet ; Why good should go crookedly no man can say , And bright deeds in crowds should lie hidden away . The sinner at all times is scorning the just , The wiser in right , and the worthier of trust ; Their leasing ...
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... holy . And his mercy is fro kyndrede into kyndredis to men that dreden him . He hath made myght in his arm , he scatteride proude men with the thoughte of his herte . He sette doun myghty men fro seete , and enhaunside meke men . He ...
... holy . And his mercy is fro kyndrede into kyndredis to men that dreden him . He hath made myght in his arm , he scatteride proude men with the thoughte of his herte . He sette doun myghty men fro seete , and enhaunside meke men . He ...
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... holy thought and work , and a clerk of Oxford also , who was skilled in logic : Sounding in moral virtue was his speech , And gladly would he learn , and gladly teach . Among the other characters are a doctor of physic , a great ...
... holy thought and work , and a clerk of Oxford also , who was skilled in logic : Sounding in moral virtue was his speech , And gladly would he learn , and gladly teach . Among the other characters are a doctor of physic , a great ...
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... holy intent She blesseth her , and into the ship she went . Victailled was the ship , it is no drede , 4 Abundantly for her a full long space ; And other necessaries that should need She had enow , herieds be Goddes grace : Fhe wind and ...
... holy intent She blesseth her , and into the ship she went . Victailled was the ship , it is no drede , 4 Abundantly for her a full long space ; And other necessaries that should need She had enow , herieds be Goddes grace : Fhe wind and ...
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