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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... hath he not done rightly , that he hath struck us down to the fiery abyss of the not hell , bereft us of heaven's kingdom , bath decreed to people it with mankind . That is to me of sorrows the greatest , that Adam , who was wrought of ...
... hath he not done rightly , that he hath struck us down to the fiery abyss of the not hell , bereft us of heaven's kingdom , bath decreed to people it with mankind . That is to me of sorrows the greatest , that Adam , who was wrought of ...
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... hath dominatión He can no counsel keep , it is no drede.5 Now keep you from the white and from the rede , 6 And namely from the white wine of Lepe , 7 That is to sell in Fish Street and in Cheap . This wine of Spain creepeth subtlely In ...
... hath dominatión He can no counsel keep , it is no drede.5 Now keep you from the white and from the rede , 6 And namely from the white wine of Lepe , 7 That is to sell in Fish Street and in Cheap . This wine of Spain creepeth subtlely In ...
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... hath Fortúne unto us given , In mirth and jollity our life to liven , And lightly as it com'th so will we spend , Ey ! Goddés precious dignity ! who ween'd9 To - day that we should have so fair a grace ? But might this gold be carried ...
... hath Fortúne unto us given , In mirth and jollity our life to liven , And lightly as it com'th so will we spend , Ey ! Goddés precious dignity ! who ween'd9 To - day that we should have so fair a grace ? But might this gold be carried ...
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... hath knowledging , Anon he feigned departing , And said he mote algate wend ; But hearken now what fell at end ! For than he made them understond , That he was there of God's sond , And said then for the kindship , He would do them some ...
... hath knowledging , Anon he feigned departing , And said he mote algate wend ; But hearken now what fell at end ! For than he made them understond , That he was there of God's sond , And said then for the kindship , He would do them some ...
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... hath gladid in God myn helthe . For he hath behulden the mekenesse of his hand- mayden : for lo for this alle generatiouns schulen seye that I am blessid . For he that is mighti hath don to nie grete thingis , and his name is holy . And ...
... hath gladid in God myn helthe . For he hath behulden the mekenesse of his hand- mayden : for lo for this alle generatiouns schulen seye that I am blessid . For he that is mighti hath don to nie grete thingis , and his name is holy . And ...
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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