Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and Biographical, of British and American Authors, with Specimens of Their Writings, Volumes 1-2Robert Chambers J.B. Alden, 1885 - English literature |
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... flowers im- perceptibly over the world , till they surprise us by springing up with similarity in regions the most remotely divided . ' * WACE , LAYAMON , AND THE ORMULUM . ་ " ་ The earliest Anglo - Norman translator is said to be ...
... flowers im- perceptibly over the world , till they surprise us by springing up with similarity in regions the most remotely divided . ' * WACE , LAYAMON , AND THE ORMULUM . ་ " ་ The earliest Anglo - Norman translator is said to be ...
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... flower of all chivalry , Now King Edward liveth na more Alas ! that he yet should die ! He would ha ' reared up full high Our banners that baeth ( 4 ) brought to ground ; Well long we may clepe ( 5 ) and cry , Ere we such a king han y ...
... flower of all chivalry , Now King Edward liveth na more Alas ! that he yet should die ! He would ha ' reared up full high Our banners that baeth ( 4 ) brought to ground ; Well long we may clepe ( 5 ) and cry , Ere we such a king han y ...
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... flowers white and red . ' In his youth he paid homage to the luxuriant beauty of the rose , but at a later period joined the French poets in adopting the mythology of the daisy . The daisy , or else the eye of day , The Empress and flower ...
... flowers white and red . ' In his youth he paid homage to the luxuriant beauty of the rose , but at a later period joined the French poets in adopting the mythology of the daisy . The daisy , or else the eye of day , The Empress and flower ...
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... flower of wifely patience , ' goes to her father's house . But at length the marquis , her husband , sends for her , declares that he has been merely playing an assumed part , that he will have no other wife , nor ever had , and she is ...
... flower of wifely patience , ' goes to her father's house . But at length the marquis , her husband , sends for her , declares that he has been merely playing an assumed part , that he will have no other wife , nor ever had , and she is ...
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... flower , Gentle as falcon , To Mrs. Margaret Hussey . Or hawk of the tower ; With solace and gladness , Much mirth and no madness , All good and no badness ; So joyously , So maidenly , So womanly , Her demeaning , In everything , Far ...
... flower , Gentle as falcon , To Mrs. Margaret Hussey . Or hawk of the tower ; With solace and gladness , Much mirth and no madness , All good and no badness ; So joyously , So maidenly , So womanly , Her demeaning , In everything , Far ...
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