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... asked hym what he wolde . And he seyde he wolde ben hire lemman or paramour , and sche asked him yif that he were a knyght , and he seyde nay . And than sche seyde that he myghte not ben hire lemman . But sche bad him gon agen unto his ...
... asked hym what he wolde . And he seyde he wolde ben hire lemman or paramour , and sche asked him yif that he were a knyght , and he seyde nay . And than sche seyde that he myghte not ben hire lemman . But sche bad him gon agen unto his ...
Page 902
... asked the earth and it said , ' I am not He ' : and whatsoever is in it confessed the same . I asked the sea and the deeps , and all that swimming or creeping live therein , and they answered ' We are not thy God , seek above us ' . I ...
... asked the earth and it said , ' I am not He ' : and whatsoever is in it confessed the same . I asked the sea and the deeps , and all that swimming or creeping live therein , and they answered ' We are not thy God , seek above us ' . I ...
Page 941
... asked if an eighth man might be allowed them to fill the captain's place . No one was specially proposed to be his substitute , but the rules of the regatta , which had been drawn up in accordance with a remonstrance made by Oxford in ...
... asked if an eighth man might be allowed them to fill the captain's place . No one was specially proposed to be his substitute , but the rules of the regatta , which had been drawn up in accordance with a remonstrance made by Oxford in ...
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