Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions of English Authors, from the Earliest to the Present Time, Volume 1Gould and Lincoln, 1856 |
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... Anon , upcn St Lucus ' day , hither they come , i wiss , And besieged the city , and assailed fast , And they within again ' them stalwartly cast . So that after Christmas the Saracens rede nome , 2 And the folk of Jerusalem and of ...
... Anon , upcn St Lucus ' day , hither they come , i wiss , And besieged the city , and assailed fast , And they within again ' them stalwartly cast . So that after Christmas the Saracens rede nome , 2 And the folk of Jerusalem and of ...
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... anon as I the day espied , No longer would I in my bed abide , I went forth myself alone and boldely , And held the way down by a brook side , Till I came to a land of white and green , So fair a one had I never in been . The ground was ...
... anon as I the day espied , No longer would I in my bed abide , I went forth myself alone and boldely , And held the way down by a brook side , Till I came to a land of white and green , So fair a one had I never in been . The ground was ...
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... anon in comen tombesteres 18 Fetis19 and small , and youngé fruitesteres , 20 1 Message . 5 Undone . 2 Guide , helm . 6 Torn . 9 Have pity . 10 Destroyed . 14 Praised . 17 Dreadful . 1 Called . 2 Muscle . 4 He is able for . 5 Work . 8 ...
... anon in comen tombesteres 18 Fetis19 and small , and youngé fruitesteres , 20 1 Message . 5 Undone . 2 Guide , helm . 6 Torn . 9 Have pity . 10 Destroyed . 14 Praised . 17 Dreadful . 1 Called . 2 Muscle . 4 He is able for . 5 Work . 8 ...
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... anon : And all so soon as that he was agone , That one of them spake thus unto that other ; ' Thou wottest well thou art my sworen brother , Thy profit will I tell thee right anon . Thou wott'st well that our fellow is agone ; And here ...
... anon : And all so soon as that he was agone , That one of them spake thus unto that other ; ' Thou wottest well thou art my sworen brother , Thy profit will I tell thee right anon . Thou wott'st well that our fellow is agone ; And here ...
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... anon . And when that this was done thus spake that one : ' Now let us sit and drink , and make us merry , And afterward we will his body bury . ' And with that word it happen'd him par cas1 To take the bottle where the poison was , And ...
... anon . And when that this was done thus spake that one : ' Now let us sit and drink , and make us merry , And afterward we will his body bury . ' And with that word it happen'd him par cas1 To take the bottle where the poison was , And ...
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afterwards Anglo-Saxon anon beauty Ben Jonson Cædmon Cæsar called Canterbury Tales Chaucer court dance death delight doth dread Earl England English eyes Faery Queen fair Fawdon fayre fear flowers frae genius GEOFFREY CHAUCER give gold grace gude hand hast hath heard heart heaven Henry Henry VIII hire holy honour JOHN GOWER Jonson king lady language Latin Layamon learned live look Lord merry micht mind mony nature never night noble Petrarch play pleasure poem poet poetical poetry poor Queen rede reign rich richt Robert Curthose saith Saracens Scotland Shakspeare sing song soul sould Discretion Spenser St Serf sweet Tabard tell thee ther thine thing thought tongue translation truth tway unto verse Wace wald Wallace wanton wassail weel Wel coude Wickliffe wind wine withouten wolde words worthy writers youth