Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and Biographical, of British Authors, from the Earliest to the Present Times, Volume 1Robert Chambers |
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Page 14
... hear Gingling in a whistling wind as clear , And eke as loud as doth the chapel bell . * ، The house is supposed still to exist , or an inn built upon the site of it , from which the personages of the Canterbury Tales set out upon their ...
... hear Gingling in a whistling wind as clear , And eke as loud as doth the chapel bell . * ، The house is supposed still to exist , or an inn built upon the site of it , from which the personages of the Canterbury Tales set out upon their ...
Page 19
... hear : ' Nought may the woful spirit in mine heart Declare one point of all my sorrows ' smart To you my lady , that I love most , But I bequeath the service of my ghost To you aboven every creature , Since that my life ne may no longer ...
... hear : ' Nought may the woful spirit in mine heart Declare one point of all my sorrows ' smart To you my lady , that I love most , But I bequeath the service of my ghost To you aboven every creature , Since that my life ne may no longer ...
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... hear , That at that meeting forouten3 were . Were steeds stickit mony ane ; And mony gude man borne doun and slain ; They dang on other with wappins sair , Some of the horse , that stickit were , Rushit and reelit richt rudely . The ...
... hear , That at that meeting forouten3 were . Were steeds stickit mony ane ; And mony gude man borne doun and slain ; They dang on other with wappins sair , Some of the horse , that stickit were , Rushit and reelit richt rudely . The ...
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... hear you say , Farewell : Nay , nay , We depart not so soon . Why say ye so ? whither will ye go ? Alas ! what have ye done ? All my welfare to sorrow and care Should change if ye were gone ; For in my mind , of all mankind I love but ...
... hear you say , Farewell : Nay , nay , We depart not so soon . Why say ye so ? whither will ye go ? Alas ! what have ye done ? All my welfare to sorrow and care Should change if ye were gone ; For in my mind , of all mankind I love but ...
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... hear his confession ; I did so ; and , to say the very truth , by his confession I learned more than before in many years ; so from that time forward I began to smell the word of God , and forsook the school - doctors and such fooleries ...
... hear his confession ; I did so ; and , to say the very truth , by his confession I learned more than before in many years ; so from that time forward I began to smell the word of God , and forsook the school - doctors and such fooleries ...
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