Cyclopædia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions of English Authors, from the Earliest to the Present Time, Connected by a Critical and Biographical History, Volume 1Robert Chambers Gould and Lincoln, 1854 - Authors, English |
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... hand . And on his bassinet he bare An hat of tyre aboon ay where ; And , thereupon , into takin , Ane high crown , that he was king . And when Gloster and Hereford were With their battle approachand near , Before them all there came ...
... hand . And on his bassinet he bare An hat of tyre aboon ay where ; And , thereupon , into takin , Ane high crown , that he was king . And when Gloster and Hereford were With their battle approachand near , Before them all there came ...
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... hand he bare . Wallace with it fast on the cheek him took , With sae gude will , while of his feet he shook . The swerd flew frae him a fur - breid on the land . Wallace was glad , and hint it soon in hand ; And with the swerd awkward ...
... hand he bare . Wallace with it fast on the cheek him took , With sae gude will , while of his feet he shook . The swerd flew frae him a fur - breid on the land . Wallace was glad , and hint it soon in hand ; And with the swerd awkward ...
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... hand : A cross he made when he saw him so stand . At Wallace in the heid he swakit there , 3 And he in haste soon hynt4 it by the hair , Syne out at him again he couth it cast- Intill his heart he was greatly aghast . Richt weel he ...
... hand : A cross he made when he saw him so stand . At Wallace in the heid he swakit there , 3 And he in haste soon hynt4 it by the hair , Syne out at him again he couth it cast- Intill his heart he was greatly aghast . Richt weel he ...
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... hand , Opened the door , and them at dinner fand . They tarried not to wash , as I suppose , But on to gae , wha micht the foremost win ; The burgess had a hole and in sho goes , Her sister had nae place to hide her in ; To see that ...
... hand , Opened the door , and them at dinner fand . They tarried not to wash , as I suppose , But on to gae , wha micht the foremost win ; The burgess had a hole and in sho goes , Her sister had nae place to hide her in ; To see that ...
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... hand The governance of all Scotland : As quha wald , in ane stormie blast , Quhen marinaris been all agast , Throw danger of the seis rage , Wald tak ane child of tender age , Quhilk never had bin on the sey , And gar his bidding all ...
... hand The governance of all Scotland : As quha wald , in ane stormie blast , Quhen marinaris been all agast , Throw danger of the seis rage , Wald tak ane child of tender age , Quhilk never had bin on the sey , And gar his bidding all ...
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Anglo-Saxon anon beauty Ben Jonson bishop Cædmon Cæsar called Canterbury Tales Chaucer court death delight doth dread Earl England English eyes Faery Queen fair Fawdon fear flowers frae give gold grace gude hand hast hath heard heart heaven Henry Henry VIII holy honour Jack Cade Jonson king king's lady language Layamon learning live look Lord Makbeth merry MICHAEL DRAYTON micht mind mony nature never night noble Petrarch play pleasure poem poet poetical poetry poor praise pray prose Queen quoth racter reign rich richt Robert Curthose saith Saracens Scotland Shakspeare sing song soul sould Discretion Spenser St Serf sweet taste tell thee ther thine thing thou thought tongue translation unto verse wald Wallace wassail weel Wickliffe William wind withouten wood words writer youth