Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions of English Authors, from Earliest to the Present Time : Connected by a Critical and Biographical HistoryRobert Chambers Gould, Kendall and Lincoln, 1850 - English literature |
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... Fancy , 393 • · Concord and Discord , 432 • Alas , poor Scholar ! whither wilt thou go ? The Fairy Queen , 395 • Industry , 4.33 395 JOHN TILLOTSON , 434 Advantages of Truth and Sincerity , 434 PROSE WRITERS . Virtue and Vice Declared ...
... Fancy , 393 • · Concord and Discord , 432 • Alas , poor Scholar ! whither wilt thou go ? The Fairy Queen , 395 • Industry , 4.33 395 JOHN TILLOTSON , 434 Advantages of Truth and Sincerity , 434 PROSE WRITERS . Virtue and Vice Declared ...
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... fancy of the Norman poet . only translated a serious history , written a few years before in Latin by a monk named GEOFFREY OF MON- MOUTH , in which the affairs of Britain were traced with all possible gravity through a series of ima ...
... fancy of the Norman poet . only translated a serious history , written a few years before in Latin by a monk named GEOFFREY OF MON- MOUTH , in which the affairs of Britain were traced with all possible gravity through a series of ima ...
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... fancy . His re- tirement at Woodstock , where he had indulged the poetical reveries of his youth , and where he was crowned with the latest treasures of his genius , was exactly such an old age as could have been desired for the ...
... fancy . His re- tirement at Woodstock , where he had indulged the poetical reveries of his youth , and where he was crowned with the latest treasures of his genius , was exactly such an old age as could have been desired for the ...
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... fancy persuadeth , among other crops , To have for his spending sufficient of hops , Must willingly follow , of choices to choose , Such lessons approved , as skilful do use . Ground gravelly , sandy , and mixed with clay , Is naughty ...
... fancy persuadeth , among other crops , To have for his spending sufficient of hops , Must willingly follow , of choices to choose , Such lessons approved , as skilful do use . Ground gravelly , sandy , and mixed with clay , Is naughty ...
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... fancy prevail ; Make ready to God - ward ; let faith never quail : The sooner thyself thou submittest to God , The sooner he ceaseth to scourge with his rod . [ Moral Reflections on the Wind . ] Though winds do rage , as winds were wood ...
... fancy prevail ; Make ready to God - ward ; let faith never quail : The sooner thyself thou submittest to God , The sooner he ceaseth to scourge with his rod . [ Moral Reflections on the Wind . ] Though winds do rage , as winds were wood ...
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