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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... Dance , 42 The Interview of Vortigern with Rowen , the beautiful Daughter of Hengist , Tidings fra the Session , 43 8 • Of Discretion in Giving and Taking , 43 Fabulous account of the first Highways in England , 8 GAVIN DOUGLAS , 44 ...
... Dance , 42 The Interview of Vortigern with Rowen , the beautiful Daughter of Hengist , Tidings fra the Session , 43 8 • Of Discretion in Giving and Taking , 43 Fabulous account of the first Highways in England , 8 GAVIN DOUGLAS , 44 ...
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... Dancing of the Air , 108 78 Reasons for the Soul's Immortality , 109 79 The Dignity of Man , 109 JOHN DONNE , 109 [ 1558 TO 1649. ] POETS . Third Period . THE REIGNS OF ELIZABETH , JAMES I. , AND CHARLES I. Address to Bishop Valentine ...
... Dancing of the Air , 108 78 Reasons for the Soul's Immortality , 109 79 The Dignity of Man , 109 JOHN DONNE , 109 [ 1558 TO 1649. ] POETS . Third Period . THE REIGNS OF ELIZABETH , JAMES I. , AND CHARLES I. Address to Bishop Valentine ...
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... dances , and song ; Little children , great and small , Shall sing as does the nightingale . Then shall ye go to your even song , With tenors and trebles among . Threescore of copes of damask bright , Full of pearls they shall be pight ...
... dances , and song ; Little children , great and small , Shall sing as does the nightingale . Then shall ye go to your even song , With tenors and trebles among . Threescore of copes of damask bright , Full of pearls they shall be pight ...
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... dance ; and wel pourtraie and write : So hote he loved , that by nightertale ? He slep no more than doth the nightingale : Curteis he was , lowly and servisable ; And carf before his fader at the table . A Yeman hadde he ; and servantes ...
... dance ; and wel pourtraie and write : So hote he loved , that by nightertale ? He slep no more than doth the nightingale : Curteis he was , lowly and servisable ; And carf before his fader at the table . A Yeman hadde he ; and servantes ...
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... dance . Ther was also a Reve and a Millere , A Sompnour , and a Pardoner also , A Manciple , and myself ; ther n'ere no mo . The Miller was a stout carl for the nones , Ful bigge he was of braun , and eke of bones ; That proved wel ...
... dance . Ther was also a Reve and a Millere , A Sompnour , and a Pardoner also , A Manciple , and myself ; ther n'ere no mo . The Miller was a stout carl for the nones , Ful bigge he was of braun , and eke of bones ; That proved wel ...
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