Cyclopædia of English literature, Volume 1William and Robert Chambers, 1843 - English literature |
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Page vii
... Pleasure there passed , 46 Extracts from Pierce Plowman , 11 Description and Praise of his Love Geraldine ,忠台 47 GEOFFREY CHAUCER , 12 • How no age is content with his own estate , and how the Select Characters from the Canterbury ...
... Pleasure there passed , 46 Extracts from Pierce Plowman , 11 Description and Praise of his Love Geraldine ,忠台 47 GEOFFREY CHAUCER , 12 • How no age is content with his own estate , and how the Select Characters from the Canterbury ...
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... Pleasure , GO Adventure of Una with the Lion , 89 JOHN FISCHER , 62 The Bower of Bliss , 90 Character and Habits of the Countess of Richmond , 62 The Squire and the Dove , 91 SIR THOMAS ELYOT , 64 Wedding of the Medway and the Thames ...
... Pleasure , GO Adventure of Una with the Lion , 89 JOHN FISCHER , 62 The Bower of Bliss , 90 Character and Habits of the Countess of Richmond , 62 The Squire and the Dove , 91 SIR THOMAS ELYOT , 64 Wedding of the Medway and the Thames ...
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... pleasure have great princes ) , 225 End of all Earthly Glories , 186 Meditation when we go to Bed , 225 Life and Death Weighed , 187 Meditation , 226 Fear of Death , 187 Tale of Argentile and Curan , 226 Description of Ophelia's ...
... pleasure have great princes ) , 225 End of all Earthly Glories , 186 Meditation when we go to Bed , 225 Life and Death Weighed , 187 Meditation , 226 Fear of Death , 187 Tale of Argentile and Curan , 226 Description of Ophelia's ...
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... Pleasure , LORD HERBERT , 269 Useful Studies , Sir Thomas More's Resignation of the Great Seal , 270 Comforting the Afflicted , TRANSLATION OF THE BIBLE , 270 Real and Apparent Happiness , KING JAMES I. , 271 Adversity , Sorcery and ...
... Pleasure , LORD HERBERT , 269 Useful Studies , Sir Thomas More's Resignation of the Great Seal , 270 Comforting the Afflicted , TRANSLATION OF THE BIBLE , 270 Real and Apparent Happiness , KING JAMES I. , 271 Adversity , Sorcery and ...
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... Pleasure - An Ode , The Thames and Windsor Forest , 322 A Country Life , The Reformation - Monks and Puritans , 322 JOHN DRYDEN , On Mr Abraham Cowley , 323 Character of Shaftesbury , Song to Morpheus , 323 Character of Villiers , Duke ...
... Pleasure - An Ode , The Thames and Windsor Forest , 322 A Country Life , The Reformation - Monks and Puritans , 322 JOHN DRYDEN , On Mr Abraham Cowley , 323 Character of Shaftesbury , Song to Morpheus , 323 Character of Villiers , Duke ...
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Page 308 - replied, and touch'd my trembling ears; ' Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil Set off to the world, nor in broad rumour lies ; But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes, And perfect witness of all-judging Jove ; As he pronounces lastly on each deed, Of so much fame in
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Page 306 - meeting soul may pierce, In notes, with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out, With wanton heed, and giddy cunning, The melting voice through mazes running; Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony ; That Orpheus' self may heave his head From golden slumbers on a bed Of heap'd
Page 188 - show likest God's, When mercy seasons justice. Therefore, Jew, Though justice be thy plea, consider this— That, in the course of justice, none of us Should see salvation : we do pray for mercy ; And that same prayer doth teach us all to render The deeds of mercy. Merchant
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