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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... look that thou report his namé well . ' ' Sir , ' quod this boy , it needeth never a deal ; It was ine told ere ye came here two hours ; He was pardé an old felláw of yours , And suddenly he was yslain to - night , Fordrunk as he sat on ...
... look that thou report his namé well . ' ' Sir , ' quod this boy , it needeth never a deal ; It was ine told ere ye came here two hours ; He was pardé an old felláw of yours , And suddenly he was yslain to - night , Fordrunk as he sat on ...
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... Look , when that he is set , thou right anon Arise , as though thou wouldest with him play , And I shall rive him through the sides tway : While that thou strugglest with him as in games And with thy dagger look thou do the same ; And ...
... Look , when that he is set , thou right anon Arise , as though thou wouldest with him play , And I shall rive him through the sides tway : While that thou strugglest with him as in games And with thy dagger look thou do the same ; And ...
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... looks Excels the precious stone : I wish to have none other books To read or look upon . In each of her two crystal eyes Smileth a naked boy : It would you all in heart suffice To see that lamp of joy . I think Nature hath lost the ...
... looks Excels the precious stone : I wish to have none other books To read or look upon . In each of her two crystal eyes Smileth a naked boy : It would you all in heart suffice To see that lamp of joy . I think Nature hath lost the ...
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... look big , and seem to fancy themselves to be the more valuable on that account , and imagine that a respect is due to them for the sake of a rich garment , to which they would not have pretended if they had been more incanly clothed ...
... look big , and seem to fancy themselves to be the more valuable on that account , and imagine that a respect is due to them for the sake of a rich garment , to which they would not have pretended if they had been more incanly clothed ...
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... look another way , whereat the people mused , because it was so dark a little time afore . 1 Archery butts . Then William took up a faggot of broom and em- braced it in his arms . Then this priest which William dreamed of , came to his ...
... look another way , whereat the people mused , because it was so dark a little time afore . 1 Archery butts . Then William took up a faggot of broom and em- braced it in his arms . Then this priest which William dreamed of , came to his ...
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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