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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... micht stint The heavy dush , that he him gave , That near the head till the harns clave . The hand - ax shaft frushit in tway ; And he down to the yird5 gan gae All flatlings , for him failit micht . This was the first straik of the ...
... micht stint The heavy dush , that he him gave , That near the head till the harns clave . The hand - ax shaft frushit in tway ; And he down to the yird5 gan gae All flatlings , for him failit micht . This was the first straik of the ...
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... micht hear had they been by , A great frush of the spears that brast . There micht men see a hard battle , And some defend and some assail ; While through the harness burst the bleed , That till earth down steaming gaed . The Earl of ...
... micht hear had they been by , A great frush of the spears that brast . There micht men see a hard battle , And some defend and some assail ; While through the harness burst the bleed , That till earth down steaming gaed . The Earl of ...
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... micht he never be , But gif creatures made had he . ' The devil askit him , Why God of noucht His werkis all full gude had wroucht . ' St Serf answered , That Goddis will Was never to make his werkis ill , And as envious he had been ...
... micht he never be , But gif creatures made had he . ' The devil askit him , Why God of noucht His werkis all full gude had wroucht . ' St Serf answered , That Goddis will Was never to make his werkis ill , And as envious he had been ...
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... micht , Gude hope they had , for it was near the nicht . Fawdon tirit , and said he micht not gang . Wallace was wae to leave him in that thrang . He bade him gae , and said the strength was near But he tharefore wald not faster him ...
... micht , Gude hope they had , for it was near the nicht . Fawdon tirit , and said he micht not gang . Wallace was wae to leave him in that thrang . He bade him gae , and said the strength was near But he tharefore wald not faster him ...
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... micht not stint , Thus recklessly this gude knickt they tynt . They deemit all that it was Wallace men , Or else himself , though they could not him ken . ' He is richt near , we shall him have but2 fail , This feeble wood may him ...
... micht not stint , Thus recklessly this gude knickt they tynt . They deemit all that it was Wallace men , Or else himself , though they could not him ken . ' He is richt near , we shall him have but2 fail , This feeble wood may him ...
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