Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A History, Critical and Biographical, of English Authors, from the Earliest to the Present Times, Volume 1Robert Chambers J.B. Lippincott and Company, 1856 - Authors, English |
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... Poor Country Widow , 18 age of children is the happiest , if they had skill to un- derstand it , The Death of Arcite , 18 The Means to attain Happy Life , Departure of Custance , 19 SIR THOMAS WYATT , +45 47 47 47 The Pardoner's Tale ...
... Poor Country Widow , 18 age of children is the happiest , if they had skill to un- derstand it , The Death of Arcite , 18 The Means to attain Happy Life , Departure of Custance , 19 SIR THOMAS WYATT , +45 47 47 47 The Pardoner's Tale ...
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... poor - the parson of a town . But rich he was in holy thought and work ; And thereto a right learned man ; a clerk That Christ's pure gospel would sincerely preach , And his parishioners devoutly teach . Benign he was , and wondrous ...
... poor - the parson of a town . But rich he was in holy thought and work ; And thereto a right learned man ; a clerk That Christ's pure gospel would sincerely preach , And his parishioners devoutly teach . Benign he was , and wondrous ...
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... poor , farewell friendship and fellowship , for thou shalt be all alone withouten any company , but if it be the company of poor folk . And yet saith this Pamphilus , moreover , that they that ben bond and thrall of liniage shuln be ...
... poor , farewell friendship and fellowship , for thou shalt be all alone withouten any company , but if it be the company of poor folk . And yet saith this Pamphilus , moreover , that they that ben bond and thrall of liniage shuln be ...
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... poor Would do for me ought , although I should die : Which seeing , I gat me out of the door , Where Flemings began on me for to cry , ' Master , what will you copen ' or buy Fine felt hats ? or spectacles to read ? Lay down your silver ...
... poor Would do for me ought , although I should die : Which seeing , I gat me out of the door , Where Flemings began on me for to cry , ' Master , what will you copen ' or buy Fine felt hats ? or spectacles to read ? Lay down your silver ...
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... poor in London , in 1580 . Tusser's poem , entitled a Hondreth Good Points of Husbandrie , which was first published in 1557 , is a series of practical directions for farming , expressed in simple and inelegant , but not always dull ...
... poor in London , in 1580 . Tusser's poem , entitled a Hondreth Good Points of Husbandrie , which was first published in 1557 , is a series of practical directions for farming , expressed in simple and inelegant , but not always dull ...
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