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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... sing of his Lady's unkindness , 47 An Ironical Ballad on the Duplicity of Women , Last Verses of Chaucer , written on his Deathbed , 22 23 The re - cured Lover exulteth in his Freedom , and voweth to remain free until Death , 48 • JOHN ...
... sing of his Lady's unkindness , 47 An Ironical Ballad on the Duplicity of Women , Last Verses of Chaucer , written on his Deathbed , 22 23 The re - cured Lover exulteth in his Freedom , and voweth to remain free until Death , 48 • JOHN ...
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... sing in turn . On one of these Biographia Britannica Literaria : Anglo - Saxon Period . By Thomas Wright , M.A. 1 1 Nu we sceolan herian * heofon - ríces weard ,. First Period FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO 1400 Second Period TO 1558 Page ...
... sing in turn . On one of these Biographia Britannica Literaria : Anglo - Saxon Period . By Thomas Wright , M.A. 1 1 Nu we sceolan herian * heofon - ríces weard ,. First Period FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO 1400 Second Period TO 1558 Page ...
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... sing ? " said Cædmon . Sing the Creation , " was the reply , and thereupon Cædmon began to sing verses " which he had never heard before , " and which are said to have been as follows : - THE NORMAN POETS OF ENGLAND . The first literary ...
... sing ? " said Cædmon . Sing the Creation , " was the reply , and thereupon Cædmon began to sing verses " which he had never heard before , " and which are said to have been as follows : - THE NORMAN POETS OF ENGLAND . The first literary ...
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... sing as does the nightingale . Then shall ye go to your even song , With tenors and trebles among . Threescore of ... singing . Then shall ye go to your supper , And sit in tents in green arbér , 1 Lost . 2 Go a hunting . 5 Spiced wine ...
... sing as does the nightingale . Then shall ye go to your even song , With tenors and trebles among . Threescore of ... singing . Then shall ye go to your supper , And sit in tents in green arbér , 1 Lost . 2 Go a hunting . 5 Spiced wine ...
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... sing , When that she heareth any herdes tale , Or in the hedges any wight stirring , And after , sicker , doth her voice outring ; Right so Cresseide , when that her dread stent , Opened her heart , and told him her intent . The House ...
... sing , When that she heareth any herdes tale , Or in the hedges any wight stirring , And after , sicker , doth her voice outring ; Right so Cresseide , when that her dread stent , Opened her heart , and told him her intent . The House ...
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