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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... ther with the Saxon 3 , as well as some other peculiari- ties , seems to prove that the pronunciation of our lan- guage had already undergone a considerable change . Indeed , the whole style of this composition , which is broken into a ...
... ther with the Saxon 3 , as well as some other peculiari- ties , seems to prove that the pronunciation of our lan- guage had already undergone a considerable change . Indeed , the whole style of this composition , which is broken into a ...
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... Ther is lyf withoute ony deth , And ther is youthe without ony elde ; 1 And ther is alle manner welthe to welde : And ther is rest without ony travaille ; And ther is pees without ony strife , And ther is alle manner lykinge of lyf : - And ...
... Ther is lyf withoute ony deth , And ther is youthe without ony elde ; 1 And ther is alle manner welthe to welde : And ther is rest without ony travaille ; And ther is pees without ony strife , And ther is alle manner lykinge of lyf : - And ...
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... ther was , and that a worthy man , That fro the time that he first began To riden out , he loved chevalrie , Trouthe and honour , fredom and curtesie . Ful worthy was he in his lordes werre ; And , therto , hadde he ridden , none more ...
... ther was , and that a worthy man , That fro the time that he first began To riden out , he loved chevalrie , Trouthe and honour , fredom and curtesie . Ful worthy was he in his lordes werre ; And , therto , hadde he ridden , none more ...
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... ther was his sone , a yonge Squier , A lover , and a lusty bacheler ; With lockes crull as they were laide in presse . Of twenty yere of age he was , I gesse . Of his stature he was of even lengthe ; And wonderly deliver , and grete of ...
... ther was his sone , a yonge Squier , A lover , and a lusty bacheler ; With lockes crull as they were laide in presse . Of twenty yere of age he was , I gesse . Of his stature he was of even lengthe ; And wonderly deliver , and grete of ...
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... ther was of Oxenforde also , That unto logike hadde long ygo . As lene was his hors as is a rake , And he was not right fat I undertake ; But looked holwe , and thereto soberly . Ful thredbare was his overest courtepy , For he hadde ...
... ther was of Oxenforde also , That unto logike hadde long ygo . As lene was his hors as is a rake , And he was not right fat I undertake ; But looked holwe , and thereto soberly . Ful thredbare was his overest courtepy , For he hadde ...
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