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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... gold , He gef hors , he gef lond , Castles , and clothes eke ; His monnen he iquende.5 [ Extract from a Charter of Henry III . , 4. D. 1258 , in the common language of the time . ] Henry , thurg Godes fultome , King on Engleneloande ...
... gold , He gef hors , he gef lond , Castles , and clothes eke ; His monnen he iquende.5 [ Extract from a Charter of Henry III . , 4. D. 1258 , in the common language of the time . ] Henry , thurg Godes fultome , King on Engleneloande ...
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... gold and of silver eke , and thereafter they nome The headen of the hext masters , and to Antioch come , And laid them in engines , and into the city them cast : Tho they within i - see this , sore were they aghast ; That their masters ...
... gold and of silver eke , and thereafter they nome The headen of the hext masters , and to Antioch come , And laid them in engines , and into the city them cast : Tho they within i - see this , sore were they aghast ; That their masters ...
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... gold all about your head , With damask white and azure blue , Well diapered4 with lilies new . Your pommels shall be ended with gold , Your chains enamelled many a fold , Your mantle of rich degree , Purple pall and ermine free ...
... gold all about your head , With damask white and azure blue , Well diapered4 with lilies new . Your pommels shall be ended with gold , Your chains enamelled many a fold , Your mantle of rich degree , Purple pall and ermine free ...
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... gold shall hang aloft , With long paper fair burníng , And cloves that be sweet smelling . Frankincense and olibanum , That when ye sleep the taste may come ; And if ye no rest can take , All night minstrels for you shall wake ...
... gold shall hang aloft , With long paper fair burníng , And cloves that be sweet smelling . Frankincense and olibanum , That when ye sleep the taste may come ; And if ye no rest can take , All night minstrels for you shall wake ...
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... gold ful shene , On whiche was first ywriten a crouned A , And after , Amor vincit omnia . Another Nonne also with hire hadde she , That was hire chapelleine , and Preestes thre . A Monk ther was , a fayre for the maistrie , An out ...
... gold ful shene , On whiche was first ywriten a crouned A , And after , Amor vincit omnia . Another Nonne also with hire hadde she , That was hire chapelleine , and Preestes thre . A Monk ther was , a fayre for the maistrie , An out ...
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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