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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... Merry [ sweetly ] sung the monks within Merie sungen the muneches binnen Ely Tha Cnut Ching rew there by : Roweth , cnihtes , noer the lant , And here we thes muneches saeng . Ely That [ when ] Cnut King rowed thereby : Row , knights ...
... Merry [ sweetly ] sung the monks within Merie sungen the muneches binnen Ely Tha Cnut Ching rew there by : Roweth , cnihtes , noer the lant , And here we thes muneches saeng . Ely That [ when ] Cnut King rowed thereby : Row , knights ...
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... Merry sing , cuckoo ! Well sing thou , cuckoo , Nor cease to sing now , Sing cuckoo , cuckoo . Among the old ' romances of pris ' ( price or praise ) referred to by Chaucer , is supposed to be the ' Squire of Low Degree . ' The daughter ...
... Merry sing , cuckoo ! Well sing thou , cuckoo , Nor cease to sing now , Sing cuckoo , cuckoo . Among the old ' romances of pris ' ( price or praise ) referred to by Chaucer , is supposed to be the ' Squire of Low Degree . ' The daughter ...
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... merry or pleasant . We may add Ploughman ' divide the lines in the middle , where a 4 A brook or burn . 2 But . that the late editors of Piers the pause is naturally made . Ac now is Religion a rider , a roamer about LANGLAND . ] 21 ...
... merry or pleasant . We may add Ploughman ' divide the lines in the middle , where a 4 A brook or burn . 2 But . that the late editors of Piers the pause is naturally made . Ac now is Religion a rider , a roamer about LANGLAND . ] 21 ...
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... merry day , And for to don his observance to May . The Knight's Tale . May - day , the great English rural festival and Robin Hood anniver- sary , seems always to have been a carnival in the poet's heart . It enticed him from his ...
... merry day , And for to don his observance to May . The Knight's Tale . May - day , the great English rural festival and Robin Hood anniver- sary , seems always to have been a carnival in the poet's heart . It enticed him from his ...
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... merry organ , On massé - days that in the churché gon ; Well sickerer ( 5 ) was his crowing in his lodge , Than is a clock , or an abbey horologe . By nature knew he each ascension Of equinoctial in that town : For when degrees fifteen ...
... merry organ , On massé - days that in the churché gon ; Well sickerer ( 5 ) was his crowing in his lodge , Than is a clock , or an abbey horologe . By nature knew he each ascension Of equinoctial in that town : For when degrees fifteen ...
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afterwards beauty Ben Jonson blank verse born breast Cæsar called character Charles Lamb Chaucer court death delight doth drama dramatist Earl earth Elizabeth England English eyes Faery Queen fair father Faustus fear flowers gentle Giles Fletcher give grace gude hand hast hath hear heart heaven Henry Henry VIII honour James John Jonson king king's labour lady language learning live look Lord Macbeth Marlowe Master merry mind nature never night noble nought Nut-brown Maid passion play pleasure poem poet poetical poetry poor praise pray prince published Queen quoth Raleigh reign rich satire sche Scotland Scottish Shakspeare Shakspeare's shew sing Sir Patrick Spens Sir Philip Sidney sleep song sonnets soul Spenser spirit style sweet tears tell thee things thou art thought tragedy translation unto verse virtue words write wrote young youth